Re: SGI Free SW license 1.1 compatability with Xfree86 style license
Scripsit James LewisMoss <jimdres@mindspring.com>
> Henning> That is a very broad clause: "Recipient will .. indemnify
> Henning> .. SGI from, .. any loss ... arising out of Recipient's use
> Henning> .. of the Covered Code". That seems to mean that if I use
> Henning> the software in a business that competes successfully with
> Henning> SGI, they could sue me and demand that I pay up for their
> Henning> lost profits.
> >> This reads to me just as a no warranty clause.
> Henning> can you refuse that my reading is one of the cases the
> Henning> language actually Henning> covers?
> Actually yes.
Then explain where my reasoning breaks down, please. As far as I can
see, it says plain as day that if I use the program and that causes
SGI to suffer any loss, I must indemnify SGI from that loss. Where
am I wrong?
> It looks like a standard no warranty clause.
Warranty clauses normally do not have that effect.
> but I don't see your reading in it.
Which of the words I quoted do not come from the original clause?
Which of my "..."s do you think cover somthing that makes my reading
false?
--
Henning Makholm "We're trying to get it into the
parts per billon range, but no luck still."
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