On Jan 13, 6:05 pm, rjf <fate...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think this is a substantial mis-reading of the document.
No, it's a mi-sunderstanding by you - possibly due to less than ideal wording by me. > The indemnification has to do only with "covered programs furnished by > Oracle". Yes > 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. Yes, if you have an Oracle service contract. > 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 Agreed. I never intended to imply that. > it. Microsoft has incidentally claimed that UNIX infringes on over > 200 Microsoft patents. It does not surprise me. But if you use Oracle license, pay for an Oracle support contract, then Oracle would take on Microsoft if Microsoft come after the individual. I think the past some big companies have threatened the end-users of competitive products. That makes the end-user worried, so rather than buy the cheaper alternative (for example Oracle), they pay more for the original (for example Redhat). > I am not a lawyer, though. No, me neither, but its obvious Oracle are not going to take on the legal costs of defending you against claims that have nothing to do with their products. Dave > 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
