What is the termination clause?
Patents are like booby traps. To the best of our knowledge we have not stepped on anyone’s patents, but if we did, and we are notified of that fact, we must terminate the our license to use the offending code. AT&T does not want to be in the position of aiding an abetting the illegal use of patents and it doesn’t want to squander it resources fighting patent claims on software that it does not get revenue from. So, in detail, the agreement allows you to use the AT&T source code (within the guidelines set forth in the agreement) without worrying about whether such usage infringes any patents AT&T may have. AT&T, however, cannot assure that the software does not infringe some other unknown third party’s patents, which is why AT&T asks that you check the website http://www.research.att.com/~hpk/wsp for any notices relating to the software. You may find it helpful to use an automated service such as MindIt to monitor the website. • Why must we periodically check the web site? Since we don’
