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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Th only point that I feel warrants some discussion
is point 2. 1 and 3 are covered by the source of JDOM being freely
available. If enough people need corporate support, maybe Jason &
Brett could start a company to provide JDOM support....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>JDOMCare?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>JDOMGrueven?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>:-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is unlikely that a patent claim would be brought
against JDOM, and if there was a patent claim, anyone using DOM would likely be
burned as well...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Matt</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=henryc@nortelnetworks.com
href="mailto:henryc@nortelnetworks.com">Henry Charlton</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=jdom-interest@jdom.org
href="mailto:'jdom-interest@jdom.org'">'jdom-interest@jdom.org'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 17, 2001 2:43
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [jdom-interest] JDOM license
evaluation</DIV>
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<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>