From: Luke S. <lsc...@us...> - 2006-06-09 19:11:34
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If we can include on the list of things "they should reasonably know about" the fact that gaim connects to oscar as both AIM and ICQ, then I think it should be sufficient. That should preclude them sueing us for the very existence of the oscar prpl. luke On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 11:55:22AM -0700, Sean Egan wrote: > Hey guys, > > I just got off the phone with one of our lawyers with an update about > the AOL deal. > > We sought a settlement, where we would change our name in exchange for > AOL waiving any claims against anything we're currently doing (e.g. > reverse engineering, providing a third party client, using their icon, > etc.). > > AOL is not willing to do this under the rationale that they've not > done the research into finding out everything we're currently doing. > They are open to a settlement where we change our name in exchange for > a statement waiving any trademark issues they currently have against > us, and saying they're not currently aware of anything we're doing > that they might have some legal qualms against. The lawyers are > currently reviewing all our correspondence with them, to see what they > should reasonably know about. Kingant and I also have some e-mail and > IMs with AIM's Chief Architect that could indicate that AOL should > probably know what we're doing. > > The lawyers requested the first shot at writing the language for the > agreement, and would write it such that if they sue us for something > they should already know about, they will have to pay us. > > All in all, it's fairly weak and less than we hoped for. They reserve > the right to sue us for anything they want, other than trademarks; > they'll just have to pay us if they're suing us for something they > should already know about. The lawyers think this is probably the best > we can do. > > Thoughts? > > -s. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gaim-cabal mailing list > Gai...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gaim-cabal > |