RE: Hypermail or another name?

From: Tom von Alten <Tom_vonAlten_at_boi.hp.com_at_hypermail-project.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 09:10:22 -0700
Message-ID: <01BE50E7.64936000.Tom_vonAlten_at_boi.hp.com>

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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Tom von Alten

This posting is for informational purposes only and is provided with no warranty of any kind. It is not a statement of the Hewlett-Packard Co. Received on Fri 05 Feb 1999 06:19:24 PM GMT