ATT SOURCE CODE AGREEMENT Version 1.2C

Forrest J. Cavalier III mibsoft at mibsoftware.com
Fri Sep 10 03:16:45 UTC 1999


>        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.

BTW, this doesn't sound like a license cooked up by lawyers.....And
the definitions of Source Code, Patches, and Capsule are kind of
odd, so it doesn't sound like it was cooked up by programmers....

I think the language in obligation 8.3 about non-frivolous claim
is way too vague without a definition of claim, or mentioning it is
a patent claim.  ("We claim that many people use this software", is
a claim, is it not?)

8.4 is vague.  I believe that it says that if you exceed the speed
limit, you lose rights to the software.

And I am not a lawyer....

Forrest J. Cavalier III, Mib Software  Voice 570-992-8824 
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