Well, it can't be Oracle, HP, or IBM, since they all seem to have no problem using O/S products and incorporating O/S software into their own products. And I guess it can't be any of the growing roster of multibillion dollar companies from all industries. I guess they trust themselves.
And then there is .Net. Best of luck with your effort. "Malcolm Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 09/23/2002 05:04:53 PM Please respond to "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: (bcc: Joseph Sadove/DKBDS USA/DKB) Subject: RE: Indemnification & copyright I appreciate everybody’s comments. This problem extends beyond Struts, but to all freeware, opens source, etc, inside this particular organization. The organization is a multi-billion dollar IT firm, (I will leave it at that). 1. The contribution of the copyright or patent material might be totally accidental in nature. 2. Apache does not indemnify the software against copyright or patent infringement. I like the ‘receipt for cheap car stereo’ analogy. Microsoft paid $100 Million over ‘accidental patent material ’ regarding DoubleDisk technology. How accidental I don’t know. But this is the fear of these corporate lawyers. - Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: Malcolm Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 7:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Indemnification & copyright To Struts Team, Developers and Users I am presently in a predicament on my present contract. I am not allowed to use STRUTS unless my employer can be indemnified from copyright or patent infringement. 1. Is there anyway my employer can be indemnified from copyright or patent infringement with Struts? 2. Is there a company that provides this service? 3. Is this really an issue with Struts? The liability extends from the use of intellectual property. A developer knowingly or unknowingly contributes a piece of software to the Open Source community that contains intellectual property. I then use that piece of open source software. Thanks for any comments, malcolm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
