I've started packaging the toolkit, and while I was looking through the docs I discovered this formal legalese stuff. I don't speak lawyer, nor do I know enough about the licenses Debian willingly puts up with to say whether this is OK or not.
So is this tolerable? -- starts -- 1. This License Agreement, effective as of April 1, 1996, is between: Carnegie Mellon University having a principal place of business at 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 (``CMU''); and a company (``COMPANY''). 2. CMU owns intellectual property rights to the computer software, electronic information and data, in all forms and versions, identified as Amulet, described in CMU Docket 96-050 (``Software''), and associated documentation (``Document''), collectively (``Program''). 3. CMU grants to COMPANY, upon the terms and conditions set out below, a fully-paid, nonexclusive, world-wide, royalty-free, non-revocable, commercial license to use the Program, or any portion thereof, for any purpose, including, but not limited to, the right to grant sublicenses under CMU's patent and trade secret rights, and copyrights, including any renewals and extensions, the right to use, copy adapt, prepare derivative works of, distribute, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of, reverse engineer, or disassemble the Software, or any portion thereof (including all subsequent editions, revisions, supplements, and versions thereof), and CMU acknowledges that COMPANY hereby grants no reciprocal rights. 4. COMPANY acknowledges that the Program is a research tool still in the development stage, that it is being supplied ``as is,'' without any accompanying services or improvements from CMU. 5. CMU MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS TO ANY MATTER INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR PURPOSE, OR MERCHANTABILITY, EXCLUSIVITY OR RESULTS OBTAINED FROM SPONSOR'S USE OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, NOR SHALL EITHER PARTY HERETO BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SUCH AS LOSS OF PROFITS OR INABILITY TO USE SAID INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR ANY APPLICATIONS AND DERIVATION THEREOF. CMU DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO FREEDOM FROM PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, OR THEFT OF TRADE SECRETS AND DOES NOT ASSUME ANY LIABILITY HEREUNDER FOR ANY INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR COPYRIGHT ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE PROGRAM, INFORMATION, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OR OTHER PROPERTY OR RIGHTS GRANTED OR PROVIDED TO IT HEREUNDER. THE USER AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY ON BEHALF OF CMU, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, TO ANY PERSON CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF OR THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED WITH THE PROGRAM UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. 6. COMPANY hereby agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless CMU, its trustees, officers, employees, attorneys and agents from all claims or demands made against them (and any related losses, expenses or costs) arising out of or relating to COMPANY's and/or its sublicensees' use of, disposition of, or conduct regarding the Licensed Technology and/or Licensed Product including but not limited to, any claims of product liability, personal injury (including, but not limited to, death) damage to property or violation of any laws or regulations including, but not limited to, claims of active or passive negligence. 7. COMPANY agrees that it will not make any warranty on behalf of CMU, express or implied, to any person concerning the application of or the results to be obtained with the Program. 8. Title to copyright to the Program and to Document shall at all times remain with CMU, and COMPANY agrees to preserve same. COMPANY agrees not to make any copies of the Document except for COMPANY's internal use, without prior written consent of CMU. COMPANY agrees to place the appropriate copyright notice on any such copies. Nothing herein shall be deemed to grant any license or rights in any other technology owned by CMU related to the Program. 9. COMPANY owns the rights to derivative works made by or on behalf of COMPANY. Nothing herein shall be deemed to grant to CMU, or any other party, any license or any rights in any technology owned by COMPANY whether or not related to the Program, or any license or any rights to COMPANY's products whether or not incorporating any portion of the Software, or any portion of any derivative works thereof, and CMU acknowledges that CMU has no rights to same. 10. This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted and applied in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 11. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring rights to use in advertising, publicity or otherwise any trademark or the name of ``CMU''. 12. COMPANY understands that CMU is not responsible for support or maintenance of the Program. The complete list of people at CMU by whom Amulet has been developed by so far is: Brad A. Myers, Alan Ferrency, Rich McDaniel, Robert C. Miller, Andrew Faulring, Ellen Borison, Bruce D. Kyle, Yoshihiro Tsujino, Patrick Doane, Andy Mickish, Alex Klimovitski, Amy McGovern, William Moher, Robert Armstrong, Ashish Pimplapure, Patrick Rogan, Qiang Rao, and Chun K. So. _________________________________________________________________ Last Modified: 01:00pm EDT, May 12, 1997 -- ends -- -- Graham Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME OK, PGP preferred from stddisclaim import footer pgp_fingerprint = "E9 B7 5F A0 F8 88 9E 1E 7C 62 D9 88 E1 03 29 5B"
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