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FSF & OSI Speak out Against Sender-ID License

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-there's-no-surprise-here dept.

NW writes "As a followup to yesterday story, Eben Moglen of FSF and Larry Rosen of OSI have publically spoken out against Microsoft's Sender-ID license calling it incompatible with the GPL and Open Source. A related eWeek story also covers this and includes the following quote from Eric Allman, the author of Sendmail: "It's pretty clear that it's going to take an act of whatever deity Microsoft worships in order to get them to back down on the sublicensing issue. They made it absolutely clear to us that they were not even going to consider changing this, and the legal folks made it further clear that they would rather see Sender ID die than back down.""

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  1. Fine by me. by LordNimon · · Score: 5, Funny
    the legal folks made it further clear that they would rather see Sender ID die than back down.

    So be it.

    --
    And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start
    To mold a new reality... closer to the heart
    1. Re:Fine by me. by Phillup · · Score: 4, Funny

      There should be a "No, Seriously" mod to counteract "Funny".

      It isn't a joke.

      Die.

      --

      --Phillip

      Can you say BIRTH TAX
    2. Re:Fine by me. by tsg · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Over my dead body"

      "I accept your terms..."

      --
      People's desire to believe they are right is much stronger than their desire to be right.
    3. Re:Fine by me. by km790816 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Q: What's Blackbird?
      A: Exactly.

      Q: No, really, what's Blackbird?

      --
      A speech...
  2. Familiar dialogue? by silicon+not+in+the+v · · Score: 3, Funny
    the legal folks made it further clear that they would rather see Sender ID die than back down.
    Sith lawyer: "As you can see, my sublicensing powers are far beyond yours; now back down."
    Eben-Wan Kenobi: "I don't think so."

    OK, so the "back down" is directed the other direction, but it sounds so right, doesn't it?
    --
    We may experience some slight turbulence and then...explode. -Capt. Mal Reynolds
  3. Open Letter to Bill Gates and Minions by jo42 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dear Bill,

    Regarding mandatory Sender-ID licensing.

    Get bent!!!

    Yours Sincerly,
    jo42 (on behalf of the rest of the world)