Hi Uwe! TDF has a mailing list, legal@df, that is the point-of-first-contact for any inbound legal matters (it's referenced on various web pages). It comprises select staff, the Board's formal Legal Committee, and a few former directors - all Trustees but I am not entirely sure who. We confidentially consider licensing enquiries, DMCA letters, commercial contract terms and other matters which would be costly for TDF to get formal first review from a fee-charging entity. We use our collective memory of TDF's history, our business experience and our community experience to evaluate and (mostly help Florian) route to the correct handler. By using a larger informal group operating by consensus we are able to be responsive without creating undue risk. We have no authority - any actions need to be taken by the board or its empowered delegates. We save TDF a bunch of money on legal triage.
The list existed before I joined the Board six years ago (possibly even when I was on the first MC) and I have been on it for a long time, with the Board's consent. I am often the first responder to issues. I am not aware of any documentation for it - it's just one of those things that gets things done in a timely manner rather than consigning them forever to discussion. HTH, Simon On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 10:17 AM Uwe Altmann <u...@libreoffice.org> wrote: > Hi Simom > > Am 06.10.21 um 14:46 schrieb Simon Phipps: > > I will note none of the text has been supplied to or discussed by the > legal > > committee (where I am a volunteer). > > Could you (or soemone else) please explain or point me to a location where > I can find more on that legal committe? I tried a search at > https://www.documentfoundation.org/ which didn't find anything. > -- > Mit freundlichen Grüßen > Uwe Altmann > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: > https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > > -- *Simon Phipps* *Office:* +1 (415) 683-7660 *or* +44 (238) 098 7027 *Signal/Mobile*: +44 774 776 2816
