Do your lawyers have the same reluctance about proprietary software? If not, why not? There have been more patent lawsuits against users of proprietary software than against users of open-source software (from what I've seen in the press). -- Len
On 9/7/07, Irvine, Chuck R [EQ] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 provide indemnification as part of > their open source support products, but I wonder to what extent such > indemnification is really necessary. Could those that have experience or > knowledge in this area please comment? Thanks > > Chuck > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
