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2006-06-29 Thread Sean O'Brien
Hi SLUG,   This may interest you…   Mark Pilgrim, a life-long Mac user who recently caused a few ripples by switching to Ubuntu Linux, has written a nice list of essential software for Linux.   Since he's coming from the land of iTunes, iPhoto, and Mail.app, the list is skewed toward

Re: [SLUG] Greylisting on Postfix

2006-06-29 Thread Lindsay Holmwood
On 6/30/06, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm looking at implementing greylisting on a Postfix MTA. Would anyone like to share their views on any of these solutions, or on greylisting itself. This popped up only a few days ago: http://www.howtoforge.com/greylisting_postfix_postgr

Re: [SLUG] Greylisting on Postfix

2006-06-29 Thread Paul Dwerryhouse
On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 11:53:15AM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote: > Would anyone like to share their views on any of these solutions, or on > greylisting itself. I've been using postgrey (Debian/sarge package) for the last seven months. It's been working very well. Quite simple to get running, IIR

Re: [SLUG] Mega confused

2006-06-29 Thread Martin Pool
On 29 Jun 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > lots of words make up the GPL. Its brash to try to condense that into a few > words, but in terms of an executive summary, this is hard to top. To put it briefly: There are no restrictions on running the program. For anything else, read the licenc

[SLUG] Sync contacts with Evolution

2006-06-29 Thread Simon Wong
I'm looking at a new mobile phone and wondering how I'm going to go with synching with Evolution. I've been happily using a Palm based PDA/phone and synching with Evolution for a couple of years now. Now I am interested in the Samsung D820, Nokia N70 or even a Blackberry 8700g. These new phones

Re: [SLUG] Mega confused

2006-06-29 Thread jam
On Thursday 29 June 2006 20:47, you wrote: > On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 08:24:02PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Thursday 29 June 2006 20:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi there...i am new to all things linux/gnu/gpl etc etc > > > Can anyone tell me if someone was to use a group of gn

Re: [SLUG] Mega confused

2006-06-29 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 08:24:02PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thursday 29 June 2006 20:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi there...i am new to all things linux/gnu/gpl etc etc > > Can anyone tell me if someone was to use a group of gnu/gpl > > programs to provide a service for a fee..

Re: [SLUG] Mega confused

2006-06-29 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 09:32:35PM +0930, Glen Turner wrote: > There's some talk about forcing distribution of the source > where the binary is used to provide a web service. But > that's a different kettle of fish. That's what I was referring to. Say you took a gpl word processor and modded it

Re: [SLUG] Mega confused

2006-06-29 Thread jam
On Thursday 29 June 2006 20:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi there...i am new to all things linux/gnu/gpl etc etc > Can anyone tell me if someone was to use a group of gnu/gpl > programs to provide a service for a feeis this legal > under the licensing terms? The GPL states: You can do an

Re: [SLUG] Mega confused

2006-06-29 Thread Glen Turner
Matthew Hannigan wrote: ... Which I believe is one of the motivations for GPL version3, which has something to say about this case. GPLv3 won't change that behavior. If you don't distribute the binary then you won't have to distribute the source code. So bespoke software written for a client

Re: [SLUG] Mega confused

2006-06-29 Thread Richard Neal
Yes, you can use software licensed under the GPL for a business. You can sell GPL software. You can copy and share GPL software. The only "real" restriction is if you "re distribute modified GPL software" to other people be it for profit or for free, you have to offer the modified code to th