In message <[email protected]>, Owen DeLong <[email protected]> wrote:
>4. Because (lawyers) and (US politics), the ARIN TAL is not > freely available without agreement to a license which: > (1) Prohibits redistribution without imposing the same > terms on each recipient > (2) Requires you to indemnify ARIN and hold ARIN harmless > for any damages that result from your use of the TAL. >5. Lots of people don't like the contract and refuse to sign it. Can you break it down for me a little further Owen. What don't people like? If I was to give you a chunk of "free" software that I had written, and if I first asked you to sign a thing saying that you won't sue me if you use it and something goes sideways, that doesn't, on the face of it, seem all that terribly unreasonable. Neither would it seem all that terribly unreasonable for me to ask you to also agree not to give said software to anybody else who doesn't also agree not to sue me if things go sideways. We live in a litigeous society. It's a shame, but that's the reality. As a result, you can't even give stuff away without protecting yourself. Regards, rfg _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
