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[ox] Pegasus ist non-free! (was:Ich glaub, ich könnte einen Virus verschick t haben!)



Hi, Sabine!

On Saturday, 1. December 2001 19:14, sabine.nuss prokla.de wrote:

Aber ich benutze sowieso Pegasus und dann trifft mich das
nicht, oder? Wieso benutzt hier überhaupt jemand Outlook?
Pegasus ist gut und frei,

Letzteres ist Pegasus bestimmt nicht: Pegasus darf nicht zu 
jedem Zweck eingesetzt werden¹ und kommt ohne Source-Code 
daher². Darüber hinaus kann ich eine Lizenz, die z.B. die 
Weitergabe gestattet, beim besten Willen nicht finden. Ein 
Programm einfach nur kostenlos herunterladen zu dürfen, kann ja 
wohl kein Kriterium für freie Software sein.

Tschüß,
Thomas
 }:o{#

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1) Auf http://www.pmail.com/manuals.htm steht:
| Pegasus Mail is free software - anyone may use it without
| restriction, other than for the sending of unsolicited
| commercial e-mail (or spam) which is prohibited in our license.

2) In der GUIDE.EXE der Version 3.5 ist zu lesen:
| I have never previously released Pegasus Mail source code, for 
| a number of reasons, including:
|
| o  The desire to ensure that exactly one, consistent product is
|    available on the market, rather than hordes of variants.
|
| o  Human nature: so much of me has become tied up in Pegasus 
|    Mail that I have become extremely jealous and possessive of
|    it.
|
| I recognise, however, that many sites may be concerned about 
| ongoing support and the possibility of maintenance in the 
| event of my ceasing to support Pegasus Mail for whatever 
| reason (I stress the unlikeliness of this). In an attempt to
| accommodate these sites, I have attempted to devise a 
| licensing agreement which could allow them access to 
| the source code. Unfortunately, because of the nature of US
| Law, it has not been possible to find an enforceable 
| non-disclosure agreement which would permit such a license. 
| The costs of enforcing a breach are beyond anything which 
| might be remotely considered reasonable.
|
| As a result, it is not possible for me to consider releasing 
| source code at this stage. Blame the rapacity of the legal 
| profession!


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