At 8:04 AM -0700 on 1/4/00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>2) Alternative would be setting up as an 'unincorporated association'.
>...
>If people think that
>1) a licensing agreement can be set up by consensus (i'm sceptical)
We did it before, then several new people came and we started discussing it
again. We can do it again.
>2) no business would be done by the association
I think we all agree on this.
>3) liability risk is too great (i do not think so especially since a person
>concerned with liability becomes an associate - which BTW is why associates do
>not have votes the idea being to cut them out of any liability loop. Since
>anyone is free to use the warez or form another business there is no question
>of cutting them out of the "pie")
Well, there is always the liability of infringing on something the US
Patent office considers patentable, such as displaying an inverted cursor,
using a sliding window for dates (like the recent thread on the HC list --
just patented last year), etc. And no one can forget the Unisys LZW mess.
>I presume the idea of a corporation is out - which is my practical counsel
>(though legally speaking such a form is also possible).
Possible? Without a cashflow... Hmmm... I smell... Intenet Company IPO :)
