Re: The license

[john@dhh.gt.org]

I wrote:
> I could accept a clause granting IBM these rights in the case that a court
> order is issued requiring the destruction of or payment of royalties for
> copies of the Software, but the mere perception of a threat of legal action
> is not enough.

Robert Levin writes:
> I'm not sure I could accept such a clause.  It's a fundamental problem.

The reason I am willing to accept such a clause is that it doesn't really
do anything.  If the Software is determined by a court to infringe a patent
or copyright the owner of that patent or copyright could demand the
destruction of or payment of royalties for copies of the Software anyway.
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