Gentoo Archives: gentoo-trustees

From: Deedra Waters <dmwaters@g.o>
To: gentoo-trustees@l.g.o, john_davis@×××××××××××××××××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-trustees] legal agreement
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 14:54:15
Message-Id: Pine.LNX.4.58.0408210752470.18059@shell.osuosl.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-trustees] legal agreement by John Davis
1 yay for text files!:)
2
3 I think this makes it quite clear that the agreement is with the gentoo
4 foundation.
5
6 I have no problems it.
7
8 On Sat, 21 Aug 2004, John Davis wrote:
9
10 > Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 10:41:22 -0400
11 > From: John Davis <zhen@g.o>
12 > Reply-To: gentoo-trustees@l.g.o,
13 > john_davis@×××××××××××××××××××.com
14 > To: gentoo-trustees@l.g.o
15 > Subject: Re: [gentoo-trustees] legal agreement
16 >
17 > On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 15:07, Paul de Vrieze wrote:
18 > > On Thursday 19 August 2004 19:00, John Davis wrote:
19 > > > Hi all -
20 > > > Before I sign anything, I would like everyone to look over the agreement
21 > > > between [Redacted] (the Firm that I have been talking to) and the
22 > > > Gentoo Foundation.
23 > > >
24 > > > The link is:
25 > > > [Redacted]
26 > > >
27 > > > Could someone please scan and OCR this for Deedra? I would do it myself,
28 > > > but I do not have the equipment.
29 > > >
30 > > > Let me know if there are any problems. I would like to send this out
31 > > > tomorrow, so please get back to me ASAP.
32 > >
33 > > The agreement looks ok except for one point, and that is in the first line:
34 > > This letter is a Fee Agreement, a contract to provide legal services, between
35 > > [Redacted] ("the Firm") and John Davis ("Gentoo Foundation").
36 > >
37 > > IANAL, but to me it would seem that it is not clear that you in this case are
38 > > as board member representing the Gentoo Foundation and as such the Foundation
39 > > gets into the agreement, not you.
40 > >
41 > > Paul
42 >
43 > Paul -
44 > I brought this point up with [Redacted], and [Redacted] drafted a new agreement
45 > reflecting this change:
46 >
47 > [Redacted]
48 >
49 > Let me know what you think.
50 >
51 > Cheers,
52 >
53
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55 Deedra Waters - Gentoo developer relations, accessibility and infrastructure -
56 dmwaters@g.o
57 Gentoo linux: http://www.gentoo.org
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Re: [gentoo-trustees] legal agreement Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>