Frank Lin PIAT a écrit : > Russell Coker wrote: >> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009, Wouter Verhelst <wou...@debian.org> wrote: >>> First, network protocols that "do not allow to display" anything are >>> abundant, since no network protocol "displays" anything -- clients that >>> use the protocol do. This is true for HTTP, FTP, SMTP, and whatnot. >> If you connect to my SMTP server you will see a legal disclaimer (which I >> claim to be as valid as any that you may see in a .sig). > [..] >> Now in terms of granting rights, if my mail server contained AGPL code >> and this was displayed in the SMTP protocol then a user could connect >> to it and discover whether I was using code for which they could demand >> the source. > > I disagree with your interpretation. > The AGPL states "prominently offer all users", displaying at protocol > level doesn't comply with either "prominently" nor with "all users" > (because only a few sysadmins will telnet to port 25.) > Such offer should be on SMTP *and* on the website offering this service.
I fail to see how it would be more prominently offered. At least tcp/25 is related to the service itself, a website has nothing to do with it. (I mean, there /might/ be a website offering the service, but in most cases there is not). Cheers, -- Yves-Alexis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
