[tdf-discuss] Re: disclaimer for extension website

Le 2011-07-21 04:32, Florian Effenberger a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to quote my colleague Thorsten Behrens on this:
>
> ==
> With the upcoming extension website,
> we'll need some kind of click-through license agreement, for someone
> submitting software, and a disclaimer on the front page, refusing
> liability on third-party-provided software that we host.
>
> What makes this really easier is that we'll for the while only host
> opensource extensions, so at least in theory, one can properly
> review the source code for any nasties.
>
> Looked a bit into the boilerplate the Mozilla foundation came up
> with, for that -
>
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/about
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/docs/policies/reviews
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/docs/policies/submission
> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/legal.html
>
> are the relevant pages I guess.
>
> The meat of that is:
>
> Legal Disclaimers and Limitations
>
> Responsibility of Contributors. Those who post material to, provide
> links to material from, or otherwise make material available by means
> of Mozilla’s websites (“Contributors”) are entirely responsible for
> the content of, and any harm resulting from, that material. By acting
> as a Contributor, you represent and warrant that:
>
> * the downloading, copying and use of the materials you make
> available will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not
> limited to intellectual property rights, of any third party;
>
> * you have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to
> such materials, and have done all things necessary to successfully
> pass through to end users any required terms;
>
> * the materials you make available do not contain any viruses, worms,
> Trojan horses or other harmful or destructive content;
>
> * the materials you make available are not obscene or libelous, and
> do not violate the right of privacy or publicity of any third party;
> and
>
> * you have, in the case of computer code, accurately categorized and
> described the type and nature of the materials if and when requested
> by Mozilla to do so.
>
> Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, Mozilla has
> the right (though not the obligation) to, in Mozilla’s sole discretion:
>
> (a) remove any content that, in Mozilla’s reasonable opinion, violates
> any Mozilla policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable; or
>
> (b) require changes in any license agreement relating to any
> materials made available by any Contributor.
>
> Responsibility of Website Users. Mozilla has not reviewed, and cannot
> review, all of the material, including computer software, available on
> or by means of Mozilla’s websites, and cannot therefore be responsible
> for that material’s content, use or effects. By operating its
> websites, Mozilla does not represent or imply that it endorses the
> material there available, or that it believes such material to be
> accurate, useful or nonharmful. You are responsible for taking
> precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems
> from viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other harmful or destructive
> content. Mozilla's websites may contain content that is offensive,
> indecent or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing
> technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes and other
> errors. Mozilla’s websites may also contain material that violates the
> privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the proprietary rights, of
> third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject
> to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. Mozilla
> disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by
> Mozilla's visitors of Mozilla’s websites, or from any downloading by
> those visitors of content available on or by means of Mozilla’s
> websites.

I would also add the 3rd point on the Mozilla legal page[1] as an 
important point.

3. Changes. Content contained on Mozilla’s websites, including these 
Legal Disclaimers and Limitations, may be changed at the sole discretion 
of Mozilla and without notice. You are bound by any such updates or 
changes, and so should periodically review these Legal Disclaimers and 
Limitations.

> That whole DMCA guff they have there further down is prolly
> unnecessary, we can simply link to our imprint, so people know whom
> to contact.

Do you mean to say that if there are any DMCA issues that the people 
will contact someone on the "Impressum" page?

For those who do not live in the US, it is easy to discount the impact 
of the DMCA. However, Americans do need to keep an eye on any content 
contravening the DMCA, claiming ignorance is not an excuse.So any 
material helping LibreOffice manage DMCA legal matters should still be 
considered, as we are trying to "break" into the US office productivity 
market. (Disclaimer: I live in Canada.)

> ==
>
> Any feedback welcome, as we want to launch the extensions website soon. :)
>
> Florian

Otherwise, yes, the Mozilla "Legal Disclaimers and Limitations" pages 
seem OK to me. I guess the an added bonus to this discussion would be if 
we had the opinion of anyone on the list who would have any background 
in such legal matters of law.

Cheers

Marc

[1] http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/legal.html



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