On Mar 14, "J.H.M. Dassen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [Please always Cc replies, I'm not subscribed to this list.]
>> AFAIK IBM is marketing postfix (AKA "IBM Secure Mailer") as open source, >> even if there is a conflicting clause in the license. >I haven't followed the discussion of the PostFix license in detail, but I >think we should have clear answers to the following questions should be >answered before we contact IBM officially: >- The conflicting clause is the revocation in case of patent issues one, > right? Yes. >- Does the clause actually violate the OSD, or is it an oversight in the > OSD/DFSG? If it is the latter, is it fixed in the current DFSG revision > proposal drafts? I remember this has been discussed on debian-legal but I did not follow the thread and I'm not able to comment. >- Is the issue with PostFix only, or is it with Jikes too? IIRC the license is the same or very similar, but I could be wrong. -- ciao, Marco
