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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><a name="_MailEndCompose">Cem Karan wrote:<o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>> I'm not a lawyer, I'm not your lawyer, I don't pretend to be one on TV or anywhere else, and nothing I say should be construed as legal advice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>In that situation, it would be unfair to ask you my question directly, so please forward my email directly to your lawyer(s). I'd like to hear from them directly or on this list. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>Cem Karan wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>. . . the truly serious issue is severability </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severability"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severability</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>). The concern is that if the USG uses a license that depends on copyright (e.g., Apache 2.0), and those clauses are declared unenforceable by the courts, then it may be possible to declare the entire license unenforceable. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>Larry Rosen asked:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>Apache-licensed software also may (and frequently does) contain public domain components. Are you suggesting that "severability" is a potential problem with Apache software?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>/Larry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>Lawrence Rosen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>Rosenlaw (www.rosenlaw.com) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>3001 King Ranch Rd., Ukiah, CA 95482<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>Cell: 707-478-8932 <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>