On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:47:09 -0600 Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
> http://www.spamhaus.org/organization/dnsblusage.html > > *Definition: "non-commercial use" is use for any purpose other than as part > or all of a product or service that is resold, or for use of which a fee is > charged. For example, using our DNSBLs in a commercial spam filtering > appliance that is then sold to others requires a data feed, regardless of > use volume. The same is true of commercial spam filtering software and > commercial spam filtering services. My toy domains qualify, sure. But they're mostly toys and though I have thousands of valid(!) addresses at them, they're mainly used to track who is selling my name. The addresses are effectively tracking cookies. My work domains (3 ISP's, with a few thousand users especially) do not qualify. ISP's, even small ones, must pay. | Use of the Spamhaus DNSBLs by organizations and networks with email traffic | likely to exceed the Free Use limits, or by ISPs or commercial spam filter | services, requires a subscription to the Spamhaus DNSBL Datafeed Service, | a service designed for users with professional DNSBL requirements. Strip out the commas to make the sentence simpler: Use of the Spamhaus DNSBLs by organizations and networks ... or by ISPs ... requires a subscription to the Spamhaus DNSBL Datafeed Service... When Spamhaus switched to this model, they sent mail insisting I pay, so they seem to agree with my interpretation. [Ironically, the ISP's are actually owned by a Non-profit, and one is a non-profit itself, using revenues from paying customers to subsidize low income access... but 501c3 status is not mentioned as a distinguisher between commercial and non-commercial, and it is all a very complicated arrangement to appease the IRS anyway...)
