Hi Jan, I think that in most European countries you can't legally "force" a > non-local jurisdiction on an individual volunteer, so that part of the > "contract"[*] would be legally very dubious... >
Citation needed. Your definition of "forced" here is also bit dubious imho. [*] I'm not sure if a judge would accept a "contract" that is forced > upon a unpaid volunteer individual and contains disproportionate and/or > unequal language to be legally valid at all. > Again, if the volunteer signs this contract, in what world does the law say they are being forced to sign it? Magdalen On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 12:27 AM, Jan Claeys <[email protected]> wrote: > Benjamin Berg schreef op ma 03-11-2014 om 22:46 [+0100]: > > * If someone starts a civil lawsuit against me, I do want my local > > jurisdiction to apply. I have no way of properly defending > > myself if a US court is responsible. I do understand that the > > foundation does not want to be sued outside the country it is > > based, but the same is true for everyone involved. > > I think that in most European countries you can't legally "force" a > non-local jurisdiction on an individual volunteer, so that part of the > "contract"[*] would be legally very dubious... > > > [*] I'm not sure if a judge would accept a "contract" that is forced > upon a unpaid volunteer individual and contains disproportionate and/or > unequal language to be legally valid at all. (But of course the GNOME > foundation's local jurisdiction and the volunteer's local jurisdiction > might disagree on that too.) > > > -- > Jan Claeys > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list >
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