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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Open Source Initiative Team,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">With this e-mail I am submitting a new Open Source license on behalf of my client, the city of Solingen in Germany. The need for the new license stems
from the fact that the versatile MIT license does not contain a limitation of liability that is effective under German law. Even if it is predominantly assumed in the specialist literature that Open Source licenses are generally subject to donation law and
therefore more favourable liability and warranty rights apply, it has not yet been confirmed by the courts. This results in the risk that courts may adopt a different legal interpretation in the event of a dispute, with the result that the statutory liability
limitations of donation law no longer apply. However, it is particularly important for public law projects of cities, municipalities, etc. to agree a legally secure limitation of liability that guarantees a limitation of liability regardless of the legal classification.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In order to close this gap in the limitation of liability and at the same time benefit from the advantages of an MIT license, we have drafted the following
license, which, apart from an effective limitation of liability, is based on the MIT license:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Copyright (c) <Jahr> <Copyright Inhaber><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Jedem, der eine Kopie dieser Software und der zugehörigen Dokumentationsdateien (die „Software“) erhält, wird hiermit kostenlos die Erlaubnis erteilt, ohne Einschränkung
mit der Software zu handeln, einschließlich und ohne Einschränkung der Rechte zur Nutzung, zum Kopieren, Ändern, Zusammenführen, Veröffentlichen, Verteilen, Unterlizenzieren und/oder Verkaufen von Kopien der Software, und Personen, denen die Software zur Verfügung
gestellt wird, dies unter den folgenden Bedingungen zu gestatten:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Der obige Urheberrechtshinweis und dieser Genehmigungshinweis müssen in allen Kopien oder wesentlichen Teilen der Software enthalten sein.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DIE AUTOREN ODER URHEBERRECHTSINHABER HAFTEN UNBESCHRÄNKT BEI VORSATZ, ARGLISTIGER TÄUSCHUNG, GROBER FAHRLÄSSIGKEIT, DER VERLETZUNG VON LEIB, LEBEN ODER GESUNDHEIT
UND SOWEIT DIE HAFTUNG GESETZLICH NICHT BESCHRÄNKT ODER AUSGESCHLOSSEN WERDEN KANN. BEI FAHRLÄSSIGER VERLETZUNG EINER PFLICHT, DEREN ERFÜLLUNG WESENTLICH FÜR DIE DURCHFÜHRUNG DES VERTRAGS IST (KARDINALPFLICHT), HAFTEN DIE AUTOREN ODER URHEBERRECHTSINHABER
DER HÖHE NACH BEGRENZT AUF DEN SCHADEN, DER BEI VERTRAGSSCHLUSS VORHERSEHBAR UND TYPISCH IST.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DARÜBER HINAUS IST EINE HAFTUNG AUSGESCHLOSSEN.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DIE VORSTEHENDE HAFTUNGSBESCHRÄNKUNG GILT AUCH FÜR DIE HAFTUNG DER MITARBEITER, VERTRETER UND ORGANE DER AUTOREN ODER URHEBERRECHTSINHABER.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Finally, I would like to note that the license has been legally reviewed by our law firm.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I will be happy to answer any further questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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