From: Irvine, Chuck R [EQ] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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
Sounds like your legal department is worried that if the technology
team screws up they will not have anyone to blame. If you really want
to have someone else do your set up and implementations then you need
to find a consulting firm that was that type of clause in their
contract.
This indemnification all depends on the contracts you have with your
client and the supported hardware you need.
Tomcat and apache fundation in particular do not give any warranty on
this product. It's free but if you sell products
based on it, you assumed needed responsability. Note that i
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Chuck,
Irvine, Chuck R [EQ] wrote:
I hope no one thinks this thread is off topic
Actually, this is totally on-topic, and I'd love to see what some others
have to say. See my response below.
There are many in the company I work for that would
Christopher Schultz wrote:
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Chuck,
Irvine, Chuck R [EQ] wrote:
I hope no one thinks this thread is off topic
Actually, this is totally on-topic, and I'd love to see what some others
have to say. See my response below.
There are
My guess was different: that they were concerned about using
software
that might later be claimed to be covered by somebody else's patent,
like M$ has been threatening with Linux. If my guess is
correct, then I
seriously doubt there's anything to worry about there, because Tomcat
Irvine, Chuck R [EQ] wrote:
My guess was different: that they were concerned about using
software
that might later be claimed to be covered by somebody else's patent,
like M$ has been threatening with Linux. If my guess is
correct, then I
seriously doubt there's anything to worry about
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).
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Len
On 9/7/07, Irvine, Chuck R [EQ] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A good resource would be: http://www.opensolutionsalliance.org/
There are lots of knowledgeable people for the various licensing models.
You'll have to register, but all it takes is an email address to do so.
After that, check out Community-forums and ask away.
Thanks,
J
For the most part,
At 01:19 PM 9/7/2007, you wrote:
My guess was different: that they were concerned about using
software
that might later be claimed to be covered by somebody else's patent,
like M$ has been threatening with Linux. If my guess is
correct, then I
seriously doubt there's anything to worry
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From: Len Popp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 12:57 PM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: Re: Legal Risk of Using Tomcat
Do your lawyers have the same reluctance about proprietary
software? If not, why not? There have been more
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David,
David kerber wrote:
If my guess is correct, then I
seriously doubt there's anything to worry about there, because Tomcat
has been written as open source from the beginning, and nobody has ever
claimed patent rights over it.
Well, it
Christopher Schultz wrote:
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David,
David kerber wrote:
If my guess is correct, then I
seriously doubt there's anything to worry about there, because Tomcat
has been written as open source from the beginning, and nobody has ever
claimed patent
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