pending license change

Vernon Schryver wrote:
> On Monday, March 21, I plan to change the LICENSE file to contain the
> enclosed and to make matching changes to the many individual files.

Quite refreshing to see such a short license!  If you have a moment, 
could you clarify a couple of points please?

The license excludes any commercial anti-spam solution providers.  Going 
forward, what do you expect these entities to do?

The license is not retro-active so I assume that older versions will 
remain free.  Do you expect that Commtouch will use Patent 6,330,590 
against commercial anti-spam companies that are using older versions of DCC?

We participate in a "private network" (it was posted on the DCC Server 
list some time ago) with other companies where signatures are only fed 
from spamtraps.  This is useful in certain tests where "bulkiness" is 
not suitable as opposed to "spammyness".  Other companies are welcome to 
participate in sharing this data, but the signatures need to come only 
from approved spamtraps.  Is it your intention that networks like this 
get shut down?

Thanks,

ds


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> Vernon Schryver    vjs@rhyolite.com
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