To answer your original question.... There is a company called Price Waterhouse. It is a well known and respected consultancy company who can give you the official line on these matters.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 3:23 AM Subject: RE: Indemnification & copyright > Martin, > Thanks for your insight. I will do some more research and > then contact ASF. > - Malcolm > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Cooper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 4:37 PM > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: RE: Indemnification & copyright > > > I think the main risk is due to the nature of the patent > process, the > difficulty of patent searches, and the apparent ineptitude > of the US PTO. > It's certainly possible that an Apache committer could > inadvertently violate > a patent, just as any other developer might. > > The copyright issue cannot be ruled out, but I think the > risk there is very > minimal. Given that Apache is a meritocracy, the chances of > one of the > committers being dumb enough to commit copyrighted code in > full view of the > community is very small (albeit non-zero). > > I would suggest that you contact the ASF directly, rather > than looking at > this from the project level. You can look at the ASF Bylaws > here: > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/bylaws.html > > and the primary contact information is here: > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/contact.html > > -- > Martin Cooper > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Malcolm Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 5:02 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Indemnification & copyright > > > > > > To Struts Team, Developers and Users > > > > I am presently in a predicament on my present contract. I > > am not allowed to use STRUTS unless my employer can be > > indemnified from copyright or patent infringement. > > 1. Is there anyway my employer can be indemnified from > > copyright or patent infringement with Struts? > > 2. Is there a company that provides this service? > > 3. Is this really an issue with Struts? > > > > The liability extends from the use of intellectual > property. > > A developer knowingly or unknowingly contributes a piece > of > > software to the Open Source community that contains > > intellectual property. I then use that piece of open > source > > software. > > > > Thanks for any comments, > > malcolm > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
