> >How about leaving sendmail 8.8.8 in the source tree (it will always have a
> >BSD license, right?), and putting 8.9.* in /usr/pkgsrc?  That way, the
> >intellectual acrobatics (of changing from what's installed by default to
> >what people supposedly want to run) are minimized.

	Aye. Probably much less headache, in the end... beyond making the
package, which would essentially have to be done anyways to integrate it.

> #
> # LICENSE: Do whatever you want with it. 
> #

	Now... someone earlier brought up the idea of continuing where
8.8.8 left off, without having to worry about the license restrictions on
8.9. On another list there has been a whole long, heated discussion on
(guess) licensing, because of a bit of code someone added to a program
that the author did not like. Now, the author is changing the license to
stipulate that anyone adding this bit of code is violating the terms of
the license.

	My first question: could the sendmail people do something like
this? Is that legal? That is, is it legal if such a thing is not in the
original license... for example, if the license does not say that the
author reserves the right to modify the license in the future, or some
such. Or, is the original license that ships with the product that is
recieved hold, even if a later shipment of the SAME product carries a
different license. For example, if the sendmail people changed the 8.8.8
license, would it be binding to NetBSD, or just people who downloaded the
copy of 8.8.8 with the new license?

	My second: could someone with some (considerable) knowledge on the
subject, and/or even a law degree send me a private e-mail about whether
or not this is even possible or legally binding? I'd like to settle my
other argument ;-)

	Thanks!

	Ryan


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