From: Tom von Alten (Tom_vonAlten@boi.hp.com)
Date: Fri Feb 05 1999 - 10:10:22 CST
Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> While I can understand your view, I really can't see how a single
> person such as Kent can define what hypermail is and isn't (especially
> when absent). The license under which Hypermail has been released allows
> anyone of us to change and redistribute it, without changing name.
I think it's important that the name *not* be changed. There's no question
that Kent's coordination was beneficial, and advanced the project
considerably, but it did not give him a proprietary interest.
But there's a long history that's being carried on here, and given that a
non-beta v2 was never released, it's not clear what benefit would come from
a new name.
And it's not clear to me that any of us have the right to such a change
under the GNU Public License.
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