Re: Legal implications of redistributing the JRE ? - was Re: [us-marketing] Re: Followup on the LibreOffice request

On 02/26/2011 12:55 PM, Fabián Rodríguez wrote:
> On 02/26/2011 12:37 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> > [...]
> > Just an addition to the ISO information:
> > You can file the current state of the North America Community DVD
> > [soon to be called "LibreOffice Americas Community DVD" of something
> > like that].
> >
> > The DVD demo web site I host of the work I am working on for the US
> > Marketing Team.
> > http://www.lungstrom.com/libreoffice-dvd-project/LibreOffice-disc-North-American-DVD/index.html
> >
> >
> > And the Wiki page[s] for this project.
> > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Americas_LibreOffice_DVD
> >
> > Remember we want/need your comments on how easy it is to use the "DVD"
> > based upon the demo web site. [...]
> > I/we look forward to you comments and suggestions to make this DVD
> > project better.
> Hi,
>
> I haven't exactly followed the project lately as I was quite busy these
> last two weeks.
>
> One item that caught my attention is redistribution of the JRE. In the
> DVD I produce for distribution here in Quebec Canada I opted not to
> distribute the JRE because of the following clause in the license:
>
> "(vi) you agree to defend and indemnify Oracle and its licensors from
> and against any damages, costs, liabilities, settlement amounts and/or
> expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with any
> claim, lawsuit or action by any third party that arises or results from
> the use or distribution of any and all Programs and/or Software."
>
> I hope this is taken into consideration before release.
>
> This only highlights the urgency to remove the Java dependencies, IMVHO.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Fabian
>
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> Fabián Rodríguez
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Thanks.  The original HTML files and the install files listed on the 
page came from the German language team.
http://devel.libreofficebox.org/die-aktuelle-version-libreoffice-3-3-0/
Since they were the ones that started the "European" DVD that our 
"Americas" project style is based upon, I hope they looked into that 
clause.  Maybe there should be a clause on our DVD that is out statement 
that we do not hold any liability to the programs on the DVD or some 
nice and proper "business-like language".

Thanks for pointing this out.

Tim L.



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