Sam Varshavchik wrote:
Jeff writes:
Hi guys,
I was wondering if anyone has done anything related or knows if
DomainKeys will be implemented on Courier any time in the future?
No, since DomainKeys is patented by Yahoo, on GPL-incompatible terms.
I believe it is dual-licensed under either Yahoo's license -or- GPL,
so actually, it is GPL-compatible.
From http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys :
Yahoo!'s DomainKeys Intellectual Property may be licensed under
either of the following terms:
- Yahoo! DomainKeys Patent License Agreement
- GNU General Public License version 2.0 (and no other version).
Or am I misreading something?
This is something new. Originally Domainkeys was released only under
Yahoo's Patent License, exclusively. The Sourceforge project page still
lists the Patent License as the exclusive distribution terms.
According to Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DomainKeys
the GPL option is there "for the purpose of the DKIM/IETF Working Group".
That note has been added to the wiki on 21:07, 12 January 2006 by an
anonymous user connecting from 66.228.162.107 (newspend-mac.corp.yahoo.com).
The DomainKeys Patent License Agreement is still not mentioned in
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html
Well, this certainly removes that showstopper.
However, I'm concerned about that "and no other version". GPLv3 should
come in a few months and Courier's Copyright holder may want to use it.
Then, there will still be an incompatibility: would the DomainKeys
Identified Mail (DKIM) addition have to be reverted in that case?