On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 22:36 +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > 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. Indeed. I've dropped an e-mail to Zend (by way of their web form) asking if this clause could be removed, but I doubt that'll happen. Thanks for pointing this out. Richard
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