Re: AOL's stance on SenderID and IPR issues

["william(at)elan.net" <william@xxxxxxxx>]

I'd like to also hear how this license would impact Yahoo.

It is my understanding that Yahoo is one of the largest (if not the largest)
companies using Qmail and there have been substantial discussions on this 
list in the last day that license terms may not compatible with that at all.

I don't know if there is anybody on this list who works for yahoo, but I 
know there is at least one person here who worked for it not long ago
(for company recently aquired by it), possibly he knows right person at 
yahoo to ask or maybe somebody else does.

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Carl Hutzler wrote:

> Someone on the list asked me to post AOL's thoughts on the IPR/SenderID
> thread...
> 
> Our internal patent lawyer has reviewed the license agreement and said that
> he found no IP issues and we are free to pursue a license to use it in our
> infrastructure.
> 
> The only issues I have seen on the lists likely do not apply to AOL:
> 
> A) Sendmail redistrubutes/sells software - AOL does not sell MTAs other than
> perhaps netscape iplanet. But I am not closely related to that team.
> 
> B) Some have complained about the nuisance of applying for a license for
> every "small organization" and potential costs of that. Folks really want a
> GPL. While I understand this, AOL is not in this category and likely would
> not see licensing this technology as an undue burden.
> 
> That's the scoop from AOL land :-)
> 
> -Carl