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Re: DEPLOY: Microsoft Royalty Free Sender ID Patent License

2004-08-24 00:08:03

On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 07:00:25PM -0700,
 Harry Katz <hkatz(_at_)exchange(_dot_)microsoft(_dot_)com> wrote 
 a message of 752 lines which said:

For the convenience of the working group, attached is the complete
text of the license.

I have a problem with the following:

Whereas, Microsoft has developed a specification describing certain
attributes for eliminating the spoofing or forging of electronic
mail addresses;

Microsoft did not develop Sender-ID. Does it mean that accepting the
License mean you "grant" Microsoft this claim?