On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 17:55:57 +0200 Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Alguém pode me explicar o que é Sender ID? Caso vocês não recebam esta é uma mensagem "debian-news". > DEPLOY: Debian project unable to deploy Sender ID > > This message summarises the position of the Debian project, producer > of the universal operating system: Debian GNU/Linux. The Debian > project abides by a social contract to our users that specifies all > software included in the operating system will be Free Software, > meaning that it can be freely redistributed, modified, used, etc. as > defined under the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) > > The current Microsoft Royalty-Free Sender ID Patent License Agreement > terms are a barrier to any Debian package which wants to implement > Sender ID or include Sender ID support. We believe the current > license and resulting encumbrances are incompatible with the DFSG, > unlike other Internet standards that Debian is able to support. > Therefore, we cannot implement or deploy Sender ID under the current > license terms. Indeed, we would be forced to remove SenderID support > from software we ship that does support Sender ID upstream according > to the terms of our social contract. > > For the most part, our legal concerns mirror those of the Apache > Software Foundation, the Free Software Foundation, as well as the > Postfix, Exim, and Courier maintainers. > > We are also concerned that no company should be permitted intellectual > property rights (IPR) over core Internet infrastructure. We believe > the IETF needs to revamp its IPR policies to ensure that the core > Internet infrastructure remain unencumbered. -- Savio Martins Ramos - Arquiteto Rio de Janeiro ICQ 174972645 Pirataria não! Seja livre: Linux http://www.debian.org
