[android-developers] Re: Thoughts on lawyers and self protection

2010-01-16 Thread theSmith
Thanks for they reply Wayne,

Under an LLC there is a certain level of personal protection yes?
Even if there is only one person in the LLC?

Its my first time generating some revenue off coding (I'm still in
college) and I really would like some legal protection, even though my
apps shouldn't warrant that kind of protection.

-theSmith

On Jan 16, 1:12 pm, Wayne Wenthin wa...@fuligin.com wrote:
 LLC's are pretty cheap to form.   I have 1 LLC that I'm a partner in and 1
 sole proprietorship.   The software is not published under the LLC though.
 But if you are worried that your app may make people do something that you
 need legal protection from I would look into license agreements that you
 require them to acknowledge on install and you will probably need to pay an
 attorney to draft one that will be enforceable.



 On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 9:46 AM, theSmith chris.smith...@gmail.com wrote:
  Hey all,

  I was just wondering what your thoughts are on having some law
  enforcement on your side as well as legal protection.  As an
  independent developer its hard to afford legal nonsense like this.  In
  your experience has it been worth it to include legal agreements with
  your apps and do you have protection like a LLC to protect yourself
  from being sued into oblivion?

  Also what licenses are freely available  that might be of interest?

  -theSmith

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Re: [android-developers] Re: Thoughts on lawyers and self protection

2010-01-16 Thread Wayne Wenthin
Yes there is a moderate amount of protection with an LLC.   The key is
managing it correctly.  One of the biggest hurdles will probably be the need
to pay yearly fees to both the state and to the company that will receive
your documents.   I believe this is required in most states.   It costs me ~
150 a year to keep the LLC open.   Since my income on that LLC last year was
less than $200 it makes me question my decisions  But sooner or later
that company will do something I hope.

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:09 PM, theSmith chris.smith...@gmail.com wrote:

 Thanks for they reply Wayne,

 Under an LLC there is a certain level of personal protection yes?
 Even if there is only one person in the LLC?

 Its my first time generating some revenue off coding (I'm still in
 college) and I really would like some legal protection, even though my
 apps shouldn't warrant that kind of protection.

 -theSmith

 On Jan 16, 1:12 pm, Wayne Wenthin wa...@fuligin.com wrote:
  LLC's are pretty cheap to form.   I have 1 LLC that I'm a partner in and
 1
  sole proprietorship.   The software is not published under the LLC
 though.
  But if you are worried that your app may make people do something that
 you
  need legal protection from I would look into license agreements that you
  require them to acknowledge on install and you will probably need to pay
 an
  attorney to draft one that will be enforceable.
 
 
 
  On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 9:46 AM, theSmith chris.smith...@gmail.com
 wrote:
   Hey all,
 
   I was just wondering what your thoughts are on having some law
   enforcement on your side as well as legal protection.  As an
   independent developer its hard to afford legal nonsense like this.  In
   your experience has it been worth it to include legal agreements with
   your apps and do you have protection like a LLC to protect yourself
   from being sued into oblivion?
 
   Also what licenses are freely available  that might be of interest?
 
   -theSmith
 
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