Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support

2007-11-02 Thread Cameron Shorter
Frank, I like the way you define the different areas of legal risk OSGeo and members face, and suggest actions that OSGeo should take under these circumstances. Your suggestions make sense to me. To complete the loop, I suggest: 1. Legal review of your suggestions to confirm you have the key i

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support

2007-11-02 Thread Frank Warmerdam
Arnulf Christl wrote: The most basic kind of protection that OSGeo can give is that it can take any legal action because it is a legal entity. This alone is already much more than the GeoTools Project currently has. Additionally OSGeo does have funds to spend and when it comes hard to hard it w

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support

2007-11-02 Thread Arnulf Christl
Jody Garnett wrote: Arnulf Christl wrote: Cameron Shorter wrote: Good processes + no money is an acceptable strategy so long as we have consciously made this decision and everyone is aware of the strategy. Hello, keeping budgets low already is a corporate strategy of OSGeo as far as I am co

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support

2007-10-31 Thread Jody Garnett
Arnulf Christl wrote: Cameron Shorter wrote: Good processes + no money is an acceptable strategy so long as we have consciously made this decision and everyone is aware of the strategy. Hello, keeping budgets low already is a corporate strategy of OSGeo as far as I am concerned. I am eager t

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support

2007-10-31 Thread Landon Blake
sions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support Cameron Shorter wrote: > Good processes + no money is an acceptable strategy so long as we have > consciously made this decision and everyone is aware of the strategy. Hello, keeping budgets low already is a corpor

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support

2007-10-31 Thread Arnulf Christl
-mpg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Landon Blake Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 7:56 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support Cameron, I think this is an excellent idea

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support

2007-10-31 Thread Landon Blake
ROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jody Garnett Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 10:50 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support Not quite yet Landon; Jo was kind enough to contact someone with a few questions already (I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support

2007-10-31 Thread Jody Garnett
:* OSGeo Discussions *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support IMO Good call Cameron. In this day and age it would pay to be proactive on these types of issues. It's been a while since I last looked at this. From memory, a number of

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support

2007-10-31 Thread Landon Blake
30, 2007 10:27 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support IMO Good call Cameron. In this day and age it would pay to be proactive on these types of issues. It's been a while since I last looked at this. >From m

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support

2007-10-30 Thread Bruce . Bannerman
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support Good processes + no money is an acceptable strategy so long as we have consciously made this decision and everyone is aware of the strategy. Allan Doyle wrote: > > On Oct 30, 2007, at 15:09 , Michael P. Gerlek wrote: &

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support

2007-10-30 Thread Cameron Shorter
inal Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Landon Blake Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 7:56 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support Cameron, I think this is an excellent idea, and a lawyer sho

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support

2007-10-30 Thread Allan Doyle
ns Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support Cameron, I think this is an excellent idea, and a lawyer should definitely be consulted. I wonder if the legal staff at the Software Freedom Conservancy could assist. Landon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTE

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support

2007-10-30 Thread Michael P. Gerlek
, handle this? -mpg > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Landon Blake > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 7:56 AM > To: OSGeo Discussions > Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of > OSGeo Legal Supp

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support

2007-10-30 Thread Landon Blake
Cameron, I think this is an excellent idea, and a lawyer should definitely be consulted. I wonder if the legal staff at the Software Freedom Conservancy could assist. Landon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cameron Shorter Sent: Tuesday, O