ATT SOURCE CODE AGREEMENT Version 1.2C

[David Starner]

On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 08:15:57PM -0700, Mark Wells wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Forrest J. Cavalier III wrote:
> 
> > >        2. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is deemed
> > >           illegal or unenforceable, AT&T may, but is not obligated to, post
> > >           on the Website a new version of this Agreement which, in AT&T's
> > >           opinion, reasonably preserves the intent of this Agreement.
> > 
> > I think that loophole is way too large.  "Deemed illegal or unenforceable" by 
> > whom?  Also, this clause appears worse than the original Apple public license 
> > in terms of being able to revoke rights to use software already licensed.
> 
> I think it's clear that only a court can deem something in a contract
> "illegal or unenforceable".  It would be nice for them to say that up
> front, though.

Where though? I'm quite sure that if AT&T needed to invalid the license, it 
could find some court in Rwanda, or Vietnam, or Austria, or Lousiana who would
declare in illegal or unenforcablee.

David Starner - dstarner98 at aasaa.ofe.org