Nicu,
Whatever, none of this applies to you, I don't think. Either way, we are
going to go ahead and set something up so people can start uploading
pictures and just continue from there...
Jack
Nicu Buculei wrote:
Michael Naughton wrote:
> Nicu:
>
> Frankly, companies usually use clauses like this to dissuade
> individuals from suing them. Effectively, by signing the document
> the company and individual agree to the location of any possible
> lawsuit and what type of law that is to be applied. In the United
> States each state has its own law. Some states' law is more
> favorable for certain positions than others. For example, many
> corporations use Delaware as their state of incorporation because it
> is seen as having a body of state law that is more corporation friendly.
Mike,
I fully understand that, but I am living in the EU and most likely
will never get into Delaware, so the chances of me going into Delaware
to sue Red Hat are ZERO. And why I would prefer a corporate-friendly
law in Delaware instead of a citizen-friendly law from Europe?
And I guess I can claim at any time that not being a native English
speaker (even more, not having *ever* learned English formally) I
didn;t fully understood what I signed. You know, a citizen-friendly
European law may be helpful here :p
> Nicu Buculei wrote:
>> Michael Naughton wrote:
>>> I'm coming into this a bit late, but I couldn't help but wonder if
>>> there was any discussion with Red Hat legal concerning inserting a
>>> choice of law and choice of forum clause in the Model and
>>> Contribution release. By adding these clauses, the signee would
>>> agree to litigate the issue by the specified law (New York,
>>> Delaware, etc.) and location (presumably most easily accessible for
>>> Red Hat/Fedora legal department). I would be happy to whip
>>> something together and pass it along. (Disclosure: I am an
>>> attorney licensed to practice in Michigan).
>>
>> I am a potential photographer living in the Europe, the people
>> posing for me will be most likely from the EU, what do we should
>> care about states in the USA?