In your email to me, Dave Cinege, you wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Aug 1997 22:57:29 -0500, Paul Serice wrote: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> Paul Serice writes: > >> > Suppose, Bruce is "going to drive tomorrow to Santa Cruz (from > >> > Berkeley) to participate in a meeting for Debian," and on the way > >> > he causes an accident. Before incorporation, no one knew how far > >> > the liability tail extended. > >> > >> Are you an attorney? I'm not. I find it hard to believe that there > >> is no case law on this. > > > >I'm looking here through Prosser on Torts regarding the "Joint > >Enterprise." It states as follows: > > As Barron's contains no defination we look to Webster (as a court would)= > : > > Main Entry: en=FAter=FAprise > Pronunciation: 'en-t&(r)-"prIz > Function: noun > Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French entrepren= > dre to > undertake, from entre- inter- + prendre to > take -- more at PRIZE > Date: 15th century > 1 : a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, = > or risky > 2 : readiness to engage in daring action : INITIATIVE > 3 a : a unit of economic organization or activity; especially : a busine= > ss > organization b : a systematic purposeful activity > <agriculture is the main economic enterprise among these people> > > Show me the risk of a free venture. Show me the business orginazation, b= > efore > Debian Inc. was formed. Show me the money! There was none before, and th= > at was > why what you just quoted would never have applied to the Debian maintain= > ers. > They had no collective assests!
It's very convenient that you just didn't see: b : a systematic purposeful activity "The Debian Project" was around long before SPI. Tim -- (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.buoy.com/~tps ** Disclaimer: My views/comments/beliefs, as strange as they are, are my own.** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
