ip claims?

[Derek Parnell]

On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:30:54 -0800, Walter Bright wrote:

> Hasan Aljudy wrote:
>> Well sure it's legally correct .. (or well, who knows, maybe not .. I'm 
>> not a lawyer), but that's exactly my point; why does it have to be hard 
>> to understand if it needs to be legally correct?
> 
> I'm not seeing what's hard to understand about it.

"
Note: all D users agree that by downloading and using D, or reading the
D specs, they will explicitly identify any claims to intellectual
property rights with a copyright or patent notice in any posted or
emailed feedback sent to Digital Mars.
"

The word 'will' is ambiguous to my mind. It could be read as ...

"Note: all D users agree that by downloading and using D, or reading the
D specs, they _thereby already_ explicitly identify any claims to
intellectual property rights with a copyright or patent notice in any
posted or emailed feedback sent to Digital Mars.
"

But that doesn't make a lot of sense so it becomes a bit of a challenge to
understand your intent. However I think you mean more like ...

"
Note: all D users agree that, as a consequence of either downloading and
using D or reading the D specs, they must explicitly identify any claims to
intellectual property rights in anything posted or emailed to Digital Mars
by including a copyright or patent notice along with the item sent.
"

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