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Re: Sendmail releases open source Sender ID milter for testing

2004-08-31 09:25:56

In <413498DF(_dot_)9090008(_at_)solidmatrix(_dot_)com> Yakov Shafranovich 
<research(_at_)solidmatrix(_dot_)com> writes:

wayne wrote:

Actually, the download is hosted on sourceforge.  Have you made sure
that sourceforge is aware that all of there dozens of mirror sites
will have to sign a license in order to distribute this code?

The patent license only affects implementors, the code can be freely
distributed.


Really?

From the SenderID licenses:

    2.2 _Source_Code_Distribution_ You also have [...] a
    perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, nontransferable,
    non-sublicenseable, personal, worldwide license to distribute or
    otherwise disclose source code copies of such Licensed
    Implementation licensed in Section 2.1 only if You [...]
    
    'This source code may incorporate intellectual property owned by
    Microsoft Corporation that is necessary to implement the IETF
    Sender ID Specification. [...]  Our provision of this source code
    does not include any licenses or any other rights to you under any
    Microsoft intellectual property. If you would like a license from
    Microsoft (e.g. rebrand, redistribute), you need to contact
    Microsoft directly.'

This seems pretty clear, if you want to rebrand or redistribute the
source code, you need to contact MS and get a license.  Sourceforge is
*not* the implementor, Sendmail is.  Souceforge is just redistributing
the source code.  

    
    For clarification, this Agreement does not impose any obligation
    on You to require the recipients of Your source code
    implementations of such Licensed Implementations to accept this or
    any other Agreement with Microsoft. Your End Users may use the
    Licensed Implementations licensed in this section 2.2 or in
    section 2.1 that they receive directly or indirectly from You
    without executing this Agreement. [...]

Sourceforge is not an "End User", therefore I don't think Sendmail's
license for their implementation applies to SF.


Please explain what I'm missing.  This subject has been discussed a
fair amount on this list, and I haven't seen anyone say that ftp
mirrors and such would not be required to sign a license.


-wayne