On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 02:20:10PM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > The MARID Working Group of IETF > (http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/marid-charter.html) is close to > settle on its Sender-ID protocol. > > Microsoft claims patents on some parts of Sender-ID > (http://www.imc.org/ietf-mxcomp/mail-archive/msg03495.html). > > Microsoft drafted a licence for those wishing to implement > Sender-ID. I've found it small enough to be attached here but, > otherwise, it is at > http://www.imc.org/ietf-mxcomp/mail-archive/msg03496.html and has a > FAQ at http://www.imc.org/ietf-mxcomp/mail-archive/msg03497.html.
This isn't a license, it's a bloody contract. You have to sign it and return it to MS before it takes effect, and you can't redistribute (or modify) until you do that. I can't imagine how that could be free. On the other hand, I can't imagine how MS could have any valid patents on such a simple thing. So it's quite possible that the whole thing is a load of bull. This also contains a choice-of-venue clause which explicitly denies all the escape methods people have suggested so far. And it's a bloody PDF. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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