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  From: Dan Shearer <dan@linuxcare.com>
  To  : LinuxSA@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 17:01:06 +0930 (CST)

Re: Buffer overflows in IMAPD in RH latest ...

> I agree with Dan; CMU make an effort to track the IMAP standards, and
> the internal design of Cyrus and care taking in its coding are quite
> good.  Note however that it is not GPL'd - the licence makes mention
> of use for "non-commercial purposes or internal use only".

That's correct. In fact it isn't any kind of free software. According to
comments from Walter Wong in posts to the cyrus-users mailing list though
this is a relic of University policy rather than some scheme to make money
in the future. He was talking about a license that was BSD-ish, not
GPL-ish.

Dan

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