[CLUE-Talk] HP to Protect Customers from Linux Claims

[Jeff Cann]

On Wednesday 24 September 2003 12:40 pm, Kirk Rafferty wrote:
> No, I'm not kidding at all.  Whether we like it or not, the issue
> of indemnification has gained traction.  If enough customers want
> indemnification, well then, that's what a free market is all about.

Bruce Perens: "Indemnification is really meaningless. All of the various 
parties offering it will only refund your purchase price for their software, 
not your real damages. So, you get nothing that you would not get just by 
downloading the software from one of the sites that distribute Open Source 
without charge. Then again, SCO's rantings are just as meaningless, and they 
have zero chance of prevailing in court, so indemnity is easy to offer. 

"People who consider indemnity important need to look more deeply into it." 

+ http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/09/24/1731252.shtml?tid=17

Jeff