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<DIV><SPAN class=925323500-18052001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Since you are provided source you are taking on your own support. If
it doesn't work then fix it. You can still leverage the software upgrade and
it's better that writing your own from scratch.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=925323500-18052001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
believe there are restrictions on what people provide as input to JDOM. Patent
take 7 years to know your save and JDOm will be long gone in seven
years.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Henry Charlton
[mailto:henryc@nortelnetworks.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 17, 2001 3:43
PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'jdom-interest@jdom.org'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [jdom-interest]
JDOM license evaluation<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I passed the JDOM license onto our corporate legal
dept., and got this risk evaluation:</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>RISKS:</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. No
warranty: JDOM software is provided "as-is". If it doesn't work,
you have no recourse.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. No
indemnity: You have no protection against intellectual property claims
against the JDOM software. If a patent claim is brought against JDOM
code, <the company> is subject to unlimited liability for
infringement. <the company> may have limited liability clauses
with our customers that might limit our exposure for what we sell, but <the
company> faces unlimited liability for what <the company>
makes. (Commercial code provides <the company> with indemnities
that allow <the company> to escape such liability to certain
extents.)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>3. No Support: Support for JDOM software may
become a big problem once a <the company> product is introduced to
market and its design team is reassigned to other projects. </FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Comments?</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Henry</FONT> </P><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>