Status of the picture book

[Jack Aboutboul]

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?
>
>