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===Welcome to Koozali SME Server 10===
 
===Welcome to Koozali SME Server 10===
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Congratulations on choosing the SME Server as your network and communications server!
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Congratulations on choosing the Koozali SME Server as your network and communications server!
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SME Server is an open-source Linux server distribution designed to be:
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Koozali SME Server is an open-source Linux server distribution designed to be:
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* Simple to setup and use: Installation and basic configuration takes less than 20 minutes, and every configuration option can be set via a web-based interface.
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* Simple to setup and use: Installation and basic configuration can take less than 20 minutes, and every standard configuration option can be set via a web-based interface.
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* Secure and stable to operate: SME Server only includes what is necessary, which translates into the entire ISO being around 500MB.  Stability comes from using proven, supported rpm packages and from an update system that notifies you with available updates.
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* Secure and stable to operate: SME Server only includes what is necessary.  Stability comes from using proven, supported rpm packages and from an update system that notifies you with available updates.
 
* Cross-platform and extendable to meet future needs: SME Server already has everything necessary to provide the core services most people need to network Linux, Macintosh, and Windows systems.  
 
* Cross-platform and extendable to meet future needs: SME Server already has everything necessary to provide the core services most people need to network Linux, Macintosh, and Windows systems.  
 
* And it's completely free!
 
* And it's completely free!
 
* Download the ISO from http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download
 
* Download the ISO from http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download
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The heart of SME Server is based on the GPL'd sources of the unsupported developer release of SME 7.0 alpha from [http://www.mitel.com/ Mitel], who are the copyright holder for much of what makes SME Server what it is.  Mitel's commercial offering is known as the  "Mitel Managed Application Server", and in the past was known as e-Smith.  Mitel has been very generous to fund development of the alpha and beta versions and to keep to the  spirit of the GPL by sharing their source code freely.
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The heart of Koozali SME Server is based on the GPL'd sources of the unsupported developer release of SME 7.0 alpha from [http://www.mitel.com/ Mitel], who are the copyright holder for much of what makes SME Server what it is.  Mitel's commercial offering is known as the  "Mitel Managed Application Server", and in the past was known as e-Smith.  Mitel has been very generous to fund development of the alpha and beta versions and to keep to the  spirit of the GPL by sharing their source code freely.
    
SME Server 10 uses many packages from [http://centos.org CentOS] and [http://repoforge.org/ RepoForge].  CentOS 7 is built from publicly available open source [http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux SRPMS] and aims to be binary compatible.  RepoForge is a collaborative effort of several RPM packagers that build RPMs not included with CentOS.  Almost all of the packages that SME Server includes from these upstream vendors are included unmodified.  The purpose of doing so is to take advantage of the stability that comes from the huge user base that uses these packages, for security, and to allow automatic updates as soon as an update is available from the upstream vendor.  Security updates from Redhat/Centos should be available until 2024 for Centos 7.
 
SME Server 10 uses many packages from [http://centos.org CentOS] and [http://repoforge.org/ RepoForge].  CentOS 7 is built from publicly available open source [http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux SRPMS] and aims to be binary compatible.  RepoForge is a collaborative effort of several RPM packagers that build RPMs not included with CentOS.  Almost all of the packages that SME Server includes from these upstream vendors are included unmodified.  The purpose of doing so is to take advantage of the stability that comes from the huge user base that uses these packages, for security, and to allow automatic updates as soon as an update is available from the upstream vendor.  Security updates from Redhat/Centos should be available until 2024 for Centos 7.
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====Software Licensing Terms and Conditions====
 
====Software Licensing Terms and Conditions====
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The SME Server is licensed under the General Public License (GPL). This means that you are free to use, and alter the software. If you do alter any of the packages, you must make the source code (with patches please) freely available.  The agreement is found on the ISO.  Acceptance of this agreement is required during the software installation.
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The Koozali SME Server is licensed under the General Public License (GPL). This means that you are free to use, and alter the software. If you do alter any of the packages, you must make the source code (with patches please) freely available.  The agreement is found on the ISO.  Acceptance of this agreement is required during the software installation.
    
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SME Server users may copy and redistribute this software. The text of the GPL license may be found at http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html.  Some packages may have an alternate open source licence.  The applicable license for each software module is specifically identified and can be seen by running the rpm -qiv packagename command, from the command line.  Details on other open source licences can be obtained here: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/.
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Koozali SME Server users may copy and redistribute this software. The text of the GPL license may be found at http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html.  Some packages may have an alternate open source licence.  The applicable license for each software module is specifically identified and can be seen by running the rpm -qiv packagename command, from the command line.  Details on other open source licences can be obtained here: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/.
    
====About Our Example Company: The Pagan Vegan====
 
====About Our Example Company: The Pagan Vegan====
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====Server Features====
 
====Server Features====
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The SME Server server and gateway installs automatically on a PC, converting it to an industrial-strength communications server that optionally allows all of the computers on your network to share a single Internet connection.
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The Koozali SME Server server and gateway installs automatically on a PC, converting it to an industrial-strength communications server that optionally allows all of the computers on your network to share a single Internet connection.
    
In one simple, easy-to-install package, you get:
 
In one simple, easy-to-install package, you get:
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