Re: three send back changes clauses

2001-05-25 Thread John Galt
On 24 May 2001, James LewisMoss wrote: Please cc me on any replies. I'm not currently subscribed to this list. I've got three send back changes clauses. Comments on whether they are free? All three sound DFSG free, since you use the weasel words best efforts. The big issue that I've seen

Re: three send back changes clauses

2001-05-25 Thread Walter Landry
; 2. Users of this software agree to make their best efforts (a) to ; return to me any improvements or extensions that they make, so that ; these may be included in future releases; and (b) to inform me of ; noteworthy uses of this software. The B section here really is outside the bounds

Re: three send back changes clauses

2001-05-25 Thread John Galt
On Fri, 25 May 2001, Walter Landry wrote: ; 2. Users of this software agree to make their best efforts (a) to ; return to me any improvements or extensions that they make, so that ; these may be included in future releases; and (b) to inform me of ; noteworthy uses of this software. The B

Re: three send back changes clauses

2001-05-25 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 06:55:54PM -0600, John Galt wrote: You're right, though in context, classification is enough to foil best effort. Basically, the weasel words come to the rescue again. As one counterexample, decisions in shareholder lawsuits have interpreted the terms best effort and