Re: [OT] Yahoo's Antispam proposal

[richard lyons <richard@the-place.net>]

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