What can one do with a Domino Messaging Server license?

Eugen Tarnow  June 13 2012 01:58:55 PM

I had a customer ask whether ReduceMail Pro mail management software would be allowed under a Domino Messaging Server license.  This question turns out to be harder to answer than I expected.

Here is the simplified URL for the messaging server license - it says nothing about third-party mail management software:

http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/domino/messagingserver.html

It also says nothing about third-party anti-virus or anti-spam software which presumably would be allowed in a messaging server license!

I then looked at the more complex "program license agreement":

http://www-03.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf/displaylis/5F40DE800635872C8525791F003A0D0C?OpenDocument

Here it suggests that nothing is allowed: "Any applications not shipped with the Program" but that probably refers to IBM software.

Both documents seem very short.  I would have expected the license agreement to be about 100 pages.

So I don't have an answer for my client.  Does anybody know of an IBM licensing expert?

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