Cool. On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 1:06 AM, Mike Dewhirst <mi...@dewhirst.com.au>wrote:
> Marcin > > Some changes to increase coherence and a new Project Bootstrap page to > prompt incorporation of the project. > > https://github.com/mdewhirst/**sweat-equity/wiki/_pages<https://github.com/mdewhirst/sweat-equity/wiki/_pages> > > I will take it to my lawyer before starting and I'll post the changes then. > > Thanks Marcin > > Mike > > > On 15/05/2012 10:41pm, Mike Dewhirst wrote: > >> On 15/05/2012 6:23pm, Marcin Tustin wrote: >> >>> You will want to have a lawyer advise you on your agreements. Although >>> your drafting is pretty tight, it could be a bit tighter, >>> >> >> I'd like to strike a decent balance. My own lawyer is a tad aggressive >> and to be honest I wouldn't sign anything he wrote. He makes you feel like >> you are putting on manacles. He is brilliant at licensing but must be >> worried about people finding loopholes in his contracts. >> >> My approach is different. I want an equity agreement which assumes good >> intentions and delivers a valuable partnership. In the end I want golden >> handcuffs not manacles. >> >> and there are certain legal issues that arise, such as how a "project" >>> can own anything (such as copyrights). >>> >> >> You are correct. This came from my own situation where currently my >> company "owns" the project. However, I can't expect anyone to invest in my >> company when the project is the real focus. In due course I expect to >> incorporate a new company which in effect will be the project. This is >> probably common enough to need addressing. I will develop and include a >> clause which makes that clear. >> >> You'll likely want a jurisdiction and choice-of-law clause as well. >>> >> >> Right again. I need that for my own agreement so I'll add one. >> >> Thanks Marcin >> >> Mike >> >> >>> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Mike Dewhirst >>> <mi...@dewhirst.com.au<mailto: >>> mi...@dewhirst.com.au>**> wrote: >>> >>> This is off-topic except for people starting un(der)-funded Django >>> projects. >>> >>> I have written some guidelines for stakeholders and developers >>> plus an equity-in-lieu-of-salary agreement. >>> >>> The guidelines come from my own experience in projects. Apologies >>> to Scrum and eXtreme purists but I need to start easy. >>> >>> >>> https://github.com/mdewhirst/**sweat-equity/wiki/_pages<https://github.com/mdewhirst/sweat-equity/wiki/_pages> >>> >>> I would really appreciate some constructive criticism, suggestions >>> etc before I try and use it for real. >>> >>> You may find it useful for your own project. The idea is that a >>> venture capitalist will be more confident to invest if you have a >>> dev team locked in and the project is already kicking goals. >>> >>> Thanks for any feedback. >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>> Google >>> Groups "Django users" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:django-users@**googlegroups.com <django-users@googlegroups.com> >>> >. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> >>> django-users+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>> <mailto:django-users%**2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<django-users%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>> **>. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> >>> http://groups.google.com/**group/django-users?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Marcin Tustin >>> Tel: 07773 787 105 >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Django users" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscribe@* >>> *googlegroups.com <django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>> group/django-users?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en> >>> . >>> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/django-users?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en> > . > > -- Marcin Tustin Tel: 07773 787 105 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
