[License-review] For Approval: Open Logistics License

Thorsten Glaser tg at mirbsd.de
Sat Apr 16 11:48:45 UTC 2022


McCoy Smith dixit:

>3. IIRC, certain warranty disclaimers are invalid under German law, but
>I'm not clear that this license addresses that particular problem.
>Perhaps the legal drafters could explain in more detail.

This:

>>�8 Limitation of liability
>>
>>Except in cases of intent and gross negligence or causing personal
>>injury, the Contributors, their legal representatives, trustees,

The exclusion of intent and gross negligence from the disclaimed things
was, as far as I know, the point of that. Interestingly, personal damage
is listed as separate point here, while the patent clause only excludes
intent; I’m sure the lawyers involved here know what they’re doing.

bye,
//mirabilos
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