Les, Exactly my interpretation too. The Telnet interface works basically identically to SMTP or POP protocols. While Postfix and SendMail are open source (I believe), there is no GPL issue when closed source clients such as MS Outlook connect with one of these mail servers.
The only caveat is to make sure to do a clean implementation of the protocol making sure not to borrow any of the server side code when implementing a client. Regards, Eric The situation isn't quite that bad. You are allowed to use the output of a GPL program. For instance if you use an open source editor it has no effect on the code you are editing. The Telnet application is designed so you can operate EMC remotely over a network connection. However there is nothing to stop me connecting to it over a local connection. I am just using it's output. This is not very efficient but it is legal. I can rewrite the Telnet app to use a more efficient communications route as long as I make my changes public. By the way, these rules only apply if you are diistributing compiled code. You can do what you want if you are only using the program yourself or within an organisation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
