[Mailman-Users] using mailman in our product

[Teo de Hesselle]

From memory, you can do whatever you like to GPL'd software as long as
you dont redistribute it. If you need to redistribute it, you must also
release the source code to people you sell it to. Yes, you're allowed to
sell it, however it must be done under the GPL, which means that your
customers can also sell it, give it away, or whatever they like. You
would have no control over this.

However, as an ASP, you're probably not going to redistribute it anyway,
as it will be staying on your server.

It would be polite, though not required, to release the source to any
modifications you make back to the mailman developers so that they can
include any enhancements you create in future versions.

Go read the GPL. It's available at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt

Enjoy. May the source be with you. (and all that crap.)

Shannon McCormick wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> My name is Shannon McCormick and I am a member of the technology team @
> 4charity http://www.4charity.com.  We are an Application Service Provider
> (ASP) for the Non-Profit industry.  We are currently developing a Email List
> Management product that we will make available to our customers.  We are
> interested in using Mailman as the underlying email engine for sending
> messages and handling bounces.  We are building the entire user interface
> and managing/storing the list, message  and user information ourselves.  We
> will be charging our customers by some metric to use our product.  What
> license is Mailman covered by (I believe it is the GNU GPL)?  Does Mailman's
> license allow it to be used in this capacity?
> 
> Thank you, Shannon
> 
> Shannon McCormick
> 4charity.com
> 55 Merchant Street, Suite 2028
> Honolulu, HI 96813 USA
> direct: 808.585.6164
> cell: 808.781.6974
> fax: 808.585.7394
> mailto:shannon at 4charity.com
> http://www.4charity.com
> 
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Téo de Hesselle
Email Administrator

Information Technology Division
University of Technology, Sydney