On Friday 21 May 2004 13:40, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > richard lyons said on Thu, May 20, 2004 at 05:59:23PM -0400: > > On Wednesday 19 May 2004 17:05, Bojan Baros wrote: > > > Link: http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys > > > > > > So, what's everyone take on this? > > > > Another software patent. Any really good idea that is to become > > the new standard _has_ to be released open source and copyleft. > > Uh, it is open source, and copyleft: > > http://domainkeys.sourceforge.net/ > > The only reference to possible patent issues is the general "if we > have a patent on it, you get a royalty-free license" statement on > the DomainKeys page (http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys), which > seems to indicate that even if yahoo does have a patent on > domainkeys, it doesn't matter, 'cause you can implement it for free > anyway.
I have to admit I skimmed that page in a hurry. When I saw the mention of a patent, I hastily concluded that this looked like they were setting up a situation where they could distribute freely in order to establish a userbase and then reclaim their rights as patentholders. Unfair of me to be so suspicious. -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
