Re: legal issues (suing debian, pine, et al.)
Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
> greq wrote,
>
> > On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
> >
> > > It's not that simple. FIrst of all, didn't debian incorporate about two years
> > > ago?
IIRC, it was "Software in the Public Interest" (SPI) that
incorporated, not Debian. SPI was formed by Bruce Parens, former
Debian President. I can find no information on the "legal" definition
of the Debian organization.
>
> Also, the fact of incorporation does not protect the individual who
> causes the liability. If someone, for example, places copyrighted
> material into the debian distribution, both the person and debian
> are liable.
>
Uhm, I don't mean to dump on lawyers here, but I'm pretty sure that
becoming overly concerned with liabilities and the like, will surely
*kill* any non-profit, volunteer-based organization like Debian. The
chance of scaring away developers is, IMHO, quite large.
We should tread very carefully here.
Keith
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