Dear open source attorneys,
A question has come up in the Apache Open Office project related to the conversion of the relevant websites from Oracle's control to Apache's control. We note that there are many [email protected] accounts and passwords. Emails to these addresses on openoffice.org mailing lists are forwarded to an account kept in an account record file. Is this information private and confidential in Europe and other non-US jurisdictions? Some participants on the project team believe that transfer of that file into Apache violates some privacy or even regulatory policy concerning the handling and sharing of private information (i.e., email addresses). Is there something special we need to do in Apache in order to convert this file so that the Open Office project isn't disrupted and so that privacy rights in all countries are protected? /Larry bcc: AOo.o development list Lawrence Rosen Rosenlaw & Einschlag, a technology law firm (www.rosenlaw.com) 3001 King Ranch Road, Ukiah, CA 95482 Cell: 707-478-8932 Apache Software Foundation, board member and counsel (www.apache.org)
