I think this is a substantial mis-reading of the document. The indemnification has to do only with "covered programs furnished by Oracle".
So if someone says "we are suing you because you are running Oracle's unix and we have a patent that covers that" then Oracle will defend itself, and incidentally, you. If someone comes after a Sage component that was not supplied by Oracle, or comes after Sage because it is using UNIX -- but not under Oracle license-- then forget about it. Microsoft has incidentally claimed that UNIX infringes on over 200 Microsoft patents. I am not a lawyer, though. On Jan 13, 5:10 am, "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > A bit off-topic, but I could easily see this could be relevant to Sage at some > point. In fact, you can argue it was over the GMP/MPIR issues. > > I've been looking for a free linux distribution which is compatible with > Redhat. > Centros is one, but so is Oracle too, though of course Oracle charge for > suppport. > > What I found interesting is that Oracle are providing indemnification against > intellectual property infringement claims by other companies if you have an > Oracle support contract. > > http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/linux/ubl-indemnify-066152.pdf > > So if you use Oracle Linux, which is based on Redhat, and anyone tries to sue > you for intellectual property infringement, Oracle will take on the case. > > Oracle are a lot bigger company than most, so have the resources to do this. > Oracle are a lot bigger than Redhat. -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
