Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There is a downside. If you work on behalf of such an entity, you would > have to agree to act at their direction, which means acting responsbily > on their behalf, by not doing stupid stuff that obviously increases the > corporation's risk of being sued.
There are other potential downsides and complex legal interactions, such as interactions with existing personal umbrella policies which some people already carry and interactions with liability insurance already carried by employers when one's Debian work is wholly or partially in the context of some other employment. There are also possible conflict-of-interest issues for those whose employers are fine with personal contributions to volunteer projects but may not feel the same way about affiliation with a registered non-profit in an area of work that could be argued to be competing. I think it's important that, if this comes to fruition, it comes with very good legal advice attached, and I think that legal advice may need to be tailored to the specific circumstances of individual developers. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
