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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I passed the JDOM license onto our corporate legal dept., and got this risk evaluation:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">RISKS:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1. No warranty: JDOM software is provided "as-is". If it doesn't work, you have no recourse.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">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 SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">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>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Comments?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Henry</FONT>
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