Re: [boost] Re: Draft of new Boost Software License

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-25 21:41:33

At 01:50 PM 6/25/2003, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
 >
 >Beman Dawes wrote:
 >[...]
 >> * Boosters (or their lawyers) from countries other than the US; do they
 >> spot any issues missed by Boost's US-centric legal team?
 >
 >They seem to have missed a whole bunch of issues "surrounding" implied
 >patent license.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

If I understand correctly, "TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT" are basically legal 
code-words which covers a vast range of issues such as ownership, patents, 
trade secrets, etc.

Thanks,

--Beman