Re: (DEPLOY) In Support of Sender ID

Chuck Mead writes:

> I am given to understand by communications from many sources that a
> great deal of work is going on quietly, behind the scenes, trying to
> work out this issue and I commend Microsoft for their willingness to
> discuss them... that said we aren't there yet and I do not see how you
> can believe that Sender-ID will be *widely adopted* given the current
> license situation.
I don't know how actually willing is Microsoft, but I do know that many 
respected F/OSS community members have been trying to lobby behind the 
scenes, for which I commend them.
However, I am 100% certain that Microsoft will never accept F/OSS-compatible 
licensing terms, and the lobbying efforts will not succeed. I believe their 
only purpose is so that everyone can truthfully say that they tried their 
best.
Repeated calls on this mailing list for Microsoft to adopt F/OSS-compatible 
licensing terms will not do anything.  This is not going to happen.

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