From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sam To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [9fans] license section 4 Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:56:08 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: cdca8b08-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 What's the background on the example for section 4? To me, it reads that if a contributor makes claim A, distributor reiterates claim A, and for some strange reason a lawsuit is filed against said contributor because of that claim, the distributor (which of possibly many?) is liable for incurring the expense of litigation and damages resulting from that claim. While I understand the notion that if there are no claims, the distributor is responsible for defending the veracity of any claims *it* makes, (as section 5 and unfitness for any particular purpose would indicate), I can't see why this is worth stating outright. Is this patent violation related? Cheers, Sam