Zend Optimizer License

2008-07-10 Thread Richard Laager
I'm looking to package the Zend Optimizer software for Debian. It's
definitely non-free, but I believe the license allows for
redistribution. I'm looking for a sanity check on that point before I go
any further and would be grateful for any comments you can provide.

Thanks,
Richard

 LICENSE TEXT FOLLOWS:
ZEND LICENSE AGREEMENT
Zend Optimizer

ZEND TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (ZEND) SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT (AGREEMENT)

IMPORTANT: READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE
KNOWN AS THE ZEND OPTIMIZER, AS INSTALLED BY THIS INSTALLATION
PROCESS, IN MACHINE-EXECUTABLE FORM ONLY, AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTATION
(COLLECTIVELY, THE SOFTWARE) BY INSTALLING, OR OTHERWISE USING THIS
SOFTWARE, YOU (THE LICENSEE) ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS
AGREEMENT, AND THAT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
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Re: Zend Optimizer License

2008-07-10 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 10 juillet 2008 à 15:06 -0500, Richard Laager a écrit :
 7. Indemnity. Licensee will, at its own expense, defend any action
 brought by a third party against Zend to the extent that such action is
 based on a claim arising from or relating to: (a) Licensee's use of the
 Software, (ii) any distribution of the Software by Licensee or by any of
 or by any sub-licensee, regardless of privity of contract and regardless
 of the length of the trail of sublicenses, (iii) any claims based upon
 warranties, guarantees or representations made by Licensee or any of its
 employees, agents or sub-licensees; or (iv) any use of the Software by
 any of the foregoing sub-licensees. Zend shall have the exclusive right
 to control such defense. In no event shall Licensee settle any such
 claim, lawsuit or proceeding without Zend's prior written approval.

This is a lawyerbomb. By distributing the software, Debian and its
mirror network could be held liable for anything that people receiving
the software would be doing. I really don’t think we should distribute
such a thing.

 10. Miscellaneous. This Agreement is made in and shall be governed by
 the laws of the State of Israel, excluding choice of law principles.
 Venue for all proceedings shall be Tel Aviv, Israel. Notwithstanding the
 foregoing, Zend shall have the right to apply to any court of competent
 jurisdiction for injunctive or other relief. The United Nations
 Convention for the International Sale of Goods shall not apply.

I’m not sure of the implications of this claim, but it is very
suspicious; Israel having ratified the Vienna convention, I don’t think
they can just say it will not apply. Of course that would make moot all
that comes before, since choice of law does not apply in this case.

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