On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 04:51:18PM -0500, Ben Cotton wrote:
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Pamela Chestek
<pchestek(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> So how about instead of "initiate" is it "allege or threaten"?
That strikes me as being somewhat vague. Perhaps there's already
precedent for this kind of wording, but it seems like this would add
the need for more litigation. Initiating the suit seems like a pretty
clear-cut action, whereas allege or threaten is open to
interpretation. (see also: "it's not a threat, it's a promise").
It's fair to say that some such threats are worded in a very friendly
manner.
I agree with the principle, but I'm not sure how it could be
worded. I
suppose "allege or threaten" may be enough of a scare tactic to
prevent suits than a provision actually intended to be enforced?
I seem to remember some FLOSS license that used language like this but
can't think of what it was. It might have been an early GPLv3 draft.
- RF