Apache Rejects Sender ID

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Posted by michael on Thursday September 2, 2004 @04:43AM from the poison-pill dept.

hexene writes "In an open letter to the IETF MARID Working Group, the Apache Software Foundation has rejected the patent-encumbered Sender ID specification. This means no Sender ID support for SpamAssassin, Apache JAMES, etc. They state that the current license is generally incompatible with open source, and contrary to the practice of open Internet standards."

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Re:Hoody Hoo! by chris_mahan · 2004-09-02 04:52 · Score: 4, Funny

Next time, put the GPL all over it and MS won't join.

You know, you guys could have seen this one coming.

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Re:MSFT doesn't care about Apache. by mr_z_beeblebrox · 2004-09-02 05:01 · Score: 4, Funny

It's a lot bigger of a gamble for Apache to ignore MSFT than it is for MSFT to ignore Apache.

Good point!!! Because Apache has Billions of dollars invested in their product. Whereas Windows is mainly just a free download.
Re:RMS summed it up well by Skiron · 2004-09-02 05:09 · Score: 3, Funny

What's that got to do with the price of beer?

He is spot on about what M$ are up to with this issue.
Re:First Post! by Sebby · 2004-09-02 05:10 · Score: 4, Funny

"and the mailbox was full of spam THE VERY FIRST TIME I checked my email. I hadn't given the new email addy out to anyone yet."

Serves you right for registering 'asdf.com' :)

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Re:Hoody Hoo! by 955301 · 2004-09-02 05:14 · Score: 1, Funny

you're new here, aren't you?

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Re:Hoody Hoo! by nacturation · 2004-09-02 05:58 · Score: 3, Funny

As opposed to anti-Microsoft propaganda? Either way, it's all propaganda.

Some propagandas are more equal than others.

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What is this? Crazy Town? by evilviper · 2004-09-02 10:33 · Score: 3, Funny

What in the world?

Apache... criticizing a bad open source license... Whaaaaaa?

For those with no idea what I'm talking about: http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=200 40220085910 http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/02/18/215242.shtml http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility

On a different note, it's rather funny... In another few years, the OpenBSD guys will be maintaining their own forks of every open source project out there. :-)

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