> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Teofilo <teofilow...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Perhaps the WMF should not have relied on a US lawyer alone. Perhaps a >> team associating a US lawyer with a continental Europe lawyer would >> have been better. >> > > Your notion that we just had some American lawyer with no international > working experience draft the terms is incorrect. For the sake of ease, > I'll > quote from the mailing list announcement with details about our General > Counsel: > > "A little more about Geoff's background: Most recently, Geoff > was Vice-President and Deputy General Counsel at eBay. There, he directed > legal affairs in more than 15 countries throughout North America, Europe, > Asia and Australia, encompassing litigation, copyright and trademarks, > privacy, ethics, product and site content review, policy and regulatory > compliance, new market advice, contracts, governance and site security. > Previously he worked for eBay in Bern, Switzerland for four years as > Vice-President & Senior Director, and in Paris, France for two years as > Senior Compliance and Litigation Counsel." > > I'll add that Geoff relocated here to the WMF from Paris, where he was > living when we hired him. > > Steven
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