Proposal for P2P disclaimer text

[Petter E. Stokke]

On Saturday 13 March 2004 21:28, Andreas Pour wrote:
> "Petter E. Stokke" wrote:
> > As previously mentioned, here is the proposed text of the disclaimer
> > dialog to go into P2P related software hosted by KDE. Comments are
> > welcome.
> >
[snip]
> >
> > Peer-to-peer networks such as those which the software KMLDonkey
> > provides access to may contain material for which you may not have the
> > legal right to download or redistribute. It is your own responsibility
> > to verify that your use of this software does not violate the
> > copyright or intellectual property laws of the relevant jurisdictions.
>
> Nice!  Here is a suggested replacement for the second par. though (it
> uses stronger language than "does not encourage" and also disclaims any
> liability for unlawful use).  This might be placed as an addendum to the
> GPL / etc. notice and also included in the documentation legal notices:
>
> RESTRICTIONS.  The authors of this software intend it to be used solely
> for the lawful exchange of data, art, software and other documents or
> works which may be lawfully distributed to third parties.  This software
> may be used solely for lawful purposes.  The authors oppose, and
> strongly discourage, any use of this software to violate copyright or
> other intellectual property laws.  In particular, the authors oppose any
> transmission of any material in violation of any applicable intellectual
> property law or regulation.  Each user agrees to comply with such rules
> and restrictions as well as the rules and restrictions applicable to the
> P2P networks or services connected directly or indirectly to this
> software.
>
> DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY:  The authors of this software do not and cannot
> exercise any control whatsoever over the content of the information
> exchanged using this software.  The authors make no warranties of any
> kind, whether expressed or implied, for the service this software is
> providing or for the data exchanged using this software. Each user of
> this software agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the authors from any
> claims resulting from the user's conduct and/or use of the software
> which is in any manner unlawful or which damages such user or any other
> party.

One worry - might not language this explicit actually interfere with the 
GPL? Other than that, I'd be happy to adopt the full text, it seems to 
cover just about everything.

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