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<head><title>CAcert - 3rd Party Vendor -- Licence and Disclaimer </title></head>
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<h3> -1. TO BE FIXED </h3>
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<center> <b> w o r k -- i n -- p r o g r e s s</b> </center>
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<a href="http://www.cacert.org/policy/PolicyOnPolicy.php"><img align="right" src="../Images/cacert-wip.png" alt="CAcert 3rd Party - Disclaimer and Licence - Status == wip" border="0"></a><p> <i>
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This is wip-V0.05 as of 20091213.
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<ul><li>
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<i>add comments here...</i>
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<blockquote>
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<h3> <a name="0"> 0. </a> Preamble </h3>
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<p><i>
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This section is not part of the licence but may be explanatory.
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<a href="#title">Skip to licence.</a>
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</i></p>
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<p>
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Being that,
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</p>
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<ul><li>
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CAcert is a Certification Authority ("the CA"),
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</li><li>
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the CA offers a free certificate service to its subscribers,
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</li><li>
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for the direct benefit and RELIANCE of its Community of signed-up users
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("Members"),
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RELIANCE being defined as the Member's act in making a decision,
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including taking a risk, in whole or in part based on the certificate,
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and
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</li><li>
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where possible, of some indirect benefit and USE to other general users
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("end-users") of the Internet,
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where USE is defined as allowing a certificate to
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participate in a protocol, as decided and facilitated
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by the user's software, with no significant input or
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knowledge being required of the user;
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</li></ul>
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<p>
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And that,
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</p>
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<ul><li>
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the end-user has a choice in software
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(such as browsers and email clients),
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</li><li>
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such software offers features which are wholly or partly
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based on use of certificates,
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which may include the certificates of the CA
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and/or of any other certificate authority,
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</li><li>
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the end-user may have strictly limited or opaque
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possibilities to choose or
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control the usage made of certificates,
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and that it may not be economic nor reasonable for software
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to provide for a high degree of choice and control over certificates;
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</li></ul>
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<p>
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And that, in offering the USE of certificates to the end-user,
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</p>
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<ul><li>
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the CA has no direct relationship with the the end-user,
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it is not economic nor reasonable to expect such a
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direct relationship,
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</li><li>
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by way of an open, indirect offering,
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the CA offers its
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<a href="http://www.cacert.org/policy/NRPDisclaimerAndLicence.php">
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Non-Related Persons -- Disclaimer and Licence</a>
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to the end-user ("NRP"), in which
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<ul><li>
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the CA disclaims liability to NRPs,
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the CA offers a free licence to USE to all NRPs,
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the CA specifically does not permit the NRPs to RELY,
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</li></ul>
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and that NRPs have a choice of joining the Community
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and thus becoming a Member (which overrides the NRP-DaL);
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</li></ul>
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<p>
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And that,
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</p>
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<ul><li>
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<b>you are a third party vendor or distributor of software for end-users</b>
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("the Vendor"),
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</li><li>
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the Vendor offers a free distribution of root certificates ("root list"),
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within software,
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</li><li>
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that in choosing the Vendor's software,
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the end-user would enter into an
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End-User Licence Agreement ("EULA") with the Vendor,
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</li><li>
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the Vendor has the primary and only direct relationship with the end-user,
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</li><li>
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the Vendor chooses not to be a Member of CAcert,
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and therefore Vendor needs a Licence to distribute the roots
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to its end-users;
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</li></ul>
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<p>
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We both, CA and Vendor, agree that,
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</p>
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<ul><li>
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we are committed to providing a
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free and USABLE way to benefit from cryptography,
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we are committed to the security of our respective communities,
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the design, custom and history of the public key infrastructure
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("the PKI") creates risks and liabilities
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for inappropriate RELIANCE by the end-user,
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</li><li>
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it is not economically possible nor reasonable
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to provide a free, open and unconstrained service
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that can be RELIED upon by end-users.
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</li></ul>
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<p>
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With the above understanding,
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the following Licence and Disclaimer is offered by CAcert to Vendor.
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</p>
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</blockquote>
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<table border="1" cellpadding="15" bgcolor="0xEEEEEE"><tr><td>
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<center><b>
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<a name="title"> 3rd Party Vendor - Licence and Disclaimer </a>
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</b></center>
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<h3> <a name="1"> 1. </a> Agreement and Licence </h3>
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<h4> <a name="1.1"> 1.1 </a> Agreement </h4>
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<p>
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We (the Vendor and the CA)
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both agree to the terms and conditions in this agreement.
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The relationship between the CA and the Vendor is based on this agreement.
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Your agreement is given by your distribution of the root within your
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distribution of your root list.
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</p>
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<h4> <a name="1.1"> 1.2 </a> Other Agreements </h4>
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<p>
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The relationship between the Vendor and the end-user
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is based on Vendor's own agreement
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("end-user licence agreement" or EULA).
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Generally, the Vendor offers the EULA to the end-user
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in the act of distributing the software and roots.
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</p>
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<p>
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The relationship between the CA and the end-user is based on CA's
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Non-Related Persons -- Disclaimer and Licence
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("<a href="http://www.cacert.org/policy/NRPDisclaimerAndLicence.php">NRP-DaL</a>").
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This Licence follows the style of popular open source licences,
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in that it is offered to an unknown audience, without a necessary
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expectation for explicit agreement by the end-user,
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because of the methods and restrictions of delivery.
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</p>
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<h4> <a name="1.3"> 1.3 </a> Licence to Distribute </h4>
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CA offers this licence to permit Vendor to distribute CA's roots
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within Vendor's root list to Vendor's end-users.
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</p>
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<h4> <a name="1.4"> 1.4 </a> Vendor's Agreement with End-User </h4>
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<p>
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Vendor agrees
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</p>
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to distribute both the NRP-DaL and this present agreement to end-user,
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to advise the end-user of the NRP-DaL appropriately.
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</li></ol>
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<h4> <a name="1.5"> 1.5 </a> Fair and Non-Discriminatory </h4>
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Vendor agrees to make available CA's root key
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in a fair and non-discriminatory way to Vendor's end-users.
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</p>
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In accordance with the general principles of PKI
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and the fact that the CA makes statements of interest
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within certificates, the Vendor is strongly encouraged
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to reasonably represent to the end-user
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that the CA is the issuer of the certificate
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and the maker of claims within the certificate.
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The extent to which the end-user is aware that the
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CA is the person making claims is likely to be
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material in a dispute over claims.
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</p>
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<h3> <a name="2"> 2. </a> Disclaimer </h3>
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<h4> <a name="2.1"> 2.1 </a> All Liability </h4>
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<p>
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Vendor's relationship with end-users creates risks, liabilities
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and obligations due to the end-user's permitted USE of the certificates,
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and potentially through other activities such as inappropriate
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and non-permitted RELIANCE.
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</p>
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We in general DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY to each other.
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Vendor acknowledges and confirms that
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the CA disclaims all liability to the end-user
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in NRP-DaL.
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</p>
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<h4> <a name="2.2"> 2.2 </a> Monetary Limits on Liability </h4>
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Notwithstanding the general disclaimer on liability above,
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we agree that,
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liability of Vendor and of the CA is strictly limited to be 1000 euros.
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This is the same limit of liability that applies to each
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member of the CAcert Community.
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</p>
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<h3> <a name="3"> 3. </a> Legal Matters </h3>
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<h4> <a name="2.3"> 3.1 </a> Law </h4>
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The Choice of Law is that of NSW, Australia.
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Policies in force within CAcert are incorporated.
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</p>
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<h4> <a name="2.4"> 3.2 </a> Dispute Resolution </h4>
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We agree that all disputes arising out
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of or in connection to this agreement
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and the root and certificates of the CA
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shall be referred to and finally resolved
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by Arbitration under the
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Dispute Resolution Policy of the CA
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(<a href="http://www.cacert.org/policy/DisputeResolutionPolicy.php">COD7</a>).
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The ruling of the Arbitrator is binding and
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final on CA and Vendor alike.
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</p>
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</td></tr></table>
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<blockquote>
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<p>
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The following parts are not part of the above licence,
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but may shed light.
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</p>
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<h3> <a name="faq"> Z. </a> FAQ </h3>
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<h4> <a name="Z.1"> Z.1 </a> Notes on Liability </h4>
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<p>
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Liability agreement between CA and Vendor
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suggests that the end-user be presented with the name of the CA.
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This is useful for identifying the particular characteristics
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of the CA, and accepts that all CAs are different.
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Each CA has its ways of checking, its relevent laws, and its
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particular view as to the interests of the end-user.
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</p>
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The Vendor should present the name of the CA so as to inform
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the end-user of what can be known.
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In the event that the Vendor does not present the CA,
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the CA is taking on all the risk and liability that the
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CA is equivalent to others, which can only be rationally
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measured as the <i>lowest-common-denominator</i>, that is,
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the lowest of the liabilities that is accepted across all
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CAs that are shipped by the CA.
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This would generally be zero.
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</p>
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<p>
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If the CA has been presented to the end-user, the end-user
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is able to discriminate.
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In this case, it is reasonable for the CA to offer to share
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the liability, and to accept some limit
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to that liability.
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</p>
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Always remembering that this is strictly within the
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relationship with the Vendor.
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As there are millions and one day, billions of users, and as
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the software and the certificates are free, the liability
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to the end-user must be disclaimed totally.
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In other words, set to zero.
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</p>
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<h4> <a name="Z.2"> Z.2 </a> Reasonably Shown </h4>
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To reasonably show the name of the CA is undefined,
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as security user interfaces currently are not representative
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of reasonable descriptions, and the area is an open research
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topic (sometimes known as "usable security").
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</p>
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A reasonable man test is known in law, and selects someone
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who would be the reasonable person who would use the software.
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This might hypothetically examine whether a majority of
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random users would have "got it" when presented with the
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same information, however this is not quite how it is tested
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in law; instead, it is more of a gut-feeling.
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</p>
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<h4> <a name="Z.3"> Z.3 </a> Recursive Distribution </h4>
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<p>
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This licence is not intended to limit the ability of
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a re-distributor of Vendor's root list from operating under
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the same conditions as the Vendor. The licence applies
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equally to all distributors of CA's roots.
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It is the re-distributor's responsibility
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to be aware of this licence and to take appropriate
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steps. The primary Vendor discharges any responsibility
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to the re-distributor by making available this licence
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on the same basis as its other licences.
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</p>
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</blockquote>
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