Jonathon Blake wrote:
Scot wrote:
Does this appease everyone as far as Liability, especially for you Johnathon?
Yes, and no.
Yes, because it clearly indicates that the template creator is not
liable for usage of the template.
No:
A) The template user can claim --- incorrectly --- that they were
using the template for the purpose for which it was designed, denying
all knowledge that their usage
was not approved/legal/whatever.
All of which is a roundabout way of saying that I would like to add
one more line:
i) For legal templates: "This template does not constitute legal advice";
ii) For health/medical related templates: "This template is not
approved by the FSA for medical purposes",
iii) For graphology templates: "Usage of this template for personnel
work violates EEOC/ADA statutes";
iv) For accounting templates: "Usage of this template does not
constitute accounting advice";
B) This covers US Liability only. It doesn't cover liability in other
countries --- some of which explicitly deny the validity of such
disclaimers.
We can bring this up with Louis if you like. He has a direct B-Line to
Sun Legal, I believe, and should be able to see if this is needed from a
US standpoint.
Basically, if someone uses your template for anything they can't come
back to you or the project.
"Contributory negligence". The creator of the tool is responsible for
the usage of the tool, even if they are not present, and
Not sure what we could do about these countries even with the PDL,
then. I am no lawyer by any stretch of the imagination. ;-)
xan
jonathon
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