Re: Re: SPF and SenderID

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Frank Ellermann wrote:

> 
> Pete Chown wrote in spf-help:
> 
> > What should I do now?  Is there a way of supporting SPF
> > without helping to get a patented technology established
> > on the Internet?
> 
> Sure.
> 
> MS pretends to control spf2.0/pra to a certain degree, as
> defined in draft-lyon-senderid-pra-01

I don't think you can conclude this. The patent claims haven't been 
released. All that happened is that MS identified that it has patent 
interests in the draft proposed by MS. That doesn't mean it doesn't have 
patent interests in other drafts proposed by non-MS personnel.

Until the patent issues, and the patent claims are known, you can't say 
just how broad the patent is.

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