Hi Alex,
Alex Thurgood schrieb:
G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
So where's the problem if we do that and do all the proper recognition
of trademarks et cetera. e.g. Windows(R), Solaris(R) in the text body.
The problem is that the law is not the same throughout the world, nor
is it applied in the same way. However, and contrary to our own
project (little snipe here), Microsoft has translated its EULA into
the various different languages where it had an obligation do so,
which means that it applies, notwithstanding any clauses or claims
that may not be applicable in that jurisdiction. Microsoft also
includes product liability disclaimers for each country where they are
needed.
A project of this size really needs to address the legal issues it
encounters - Debian does, RedHat does, Mandriva does, Sun has (for its
own product StarOffice and consorts), Novell has just done so (for
whatever reason, justified or not).
Thanks for pointing this out. As the MS-Novell contract explicitly
names OOo, no contributor to OOo is sued by Microsoft (at least for the
next 5 years). You may indeed ask Novell if this assumtion is correct
regarding screenshots (but I don't think you'll get an answer).
At present, everyone seems to be adopting the proverbial ostrich
approach "stick my head in the sand and it'll go away", because we are
all relying on Sun to protect us. IMHO this is a completely false
sense of security, I have yet to have seen it publicly written
anywhere on the OOo site that we have dealt with these issues, or that
we have a standpoint to offer.
Easy as that: please draft one.
André
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