On Wednesday 15 November 2006 02:58, Sunny wrote:
want that there are no patent problems in SUSE, but then why in first place they signed such a clauses? And ... "to protect our customers from being sued for something which does not exists" sounds plain ... unconvincing.
Why does Red Hat do it then? Have you read their indemnification plan lately? They promise their customers that if they are sued for code shipped from Red Hat, they will assist in the law suit (I believe the wording they use is 'step into their shoes'). I don't really see a significant difference here, they also give their customers a guarantee that they won't have to fork out legal fees If you have potential (large) customers or partners who tell you they worry about these things, what should you do? Just say 'hey, we're sure there's no problem, no part of this code is infringing'? Do you think many people will bet their lawyer's fees on that, when they hear FUD from all over that there are problems? Blame the people who spread the FUD in the first place instead --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org