> -Original Message-
> From: Len Popp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 12:57 PM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: Re: Legal Risk of Using Tomcat
>
>
> Do your lawyers have the same reluctance about proprietary
> software? If not, why not? There have been m
> My guess was different: that they were concerned about using
> software
> that might later be claimed to be covered by somebody else's patent,
> like M$ has been threatening with Linux. If my guess is
> correct, then I
> seriously doubt there's anything to worry about there, because Tomcat
I hope no one thinks this thread is off topic
There are many in the company I work for that would like to leverage
open source software in general and and Tomcat in particular. However,
our legal staff resists the idea because of perceived legal risks. I
know that there are companies who provi
