Hi Kostas,
On 27.09.2010 17:45, Kostas Boukouvalas wrote:
> On 27 September 2010 13:09, Henne Vogelsang <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Can you tell us in which situation you would need a signature for
>> what? This is the first time we hear about something like that. Please
>> elaborate.
>
> The relationship between distribution teams and local, national or
> international associations are not always so harmonic. Therefore lets
> take an example.
>
> A recognized by law Linux User Group organizes presentation to a
> School. The L.U.G. makes a call for presence to as much distribution
> communities as it gets. In one of this communities there are also
> minors enthusiasts. One of them seduces a girl that day but something
> goes wrong between them.
>
> Who is the school and the parent to blame? The L.U.G.? The minor? The
> parent of the minor? The open source project that is behind the
> distribution community? By law the L.U.G. has the responsibility.
IANAL but i don't think that responsibility about criminal actions is
possible for legal entities, only for individuals. So to stay in your
example: The individual that acts criminal is liable.
What we will try to do is to have an association/club/society that can
take responsibility off individuals in terms of liability for actions
that are the purpose of the association. Means when our association
concludes a contract about renting an office the association is liable
and not the individuals signing it. Or if our association is organizing
an event and someones coat gets dirty because the paint on one of the
seats isn't dry the association is liable and not the individual member
that painted it. You get the picture...
So if your example would not involve criminal actions the association
that organizes the event (the L.U.G.) is liable and at least in Germany
you can get a liability insurance which covers people that help out
one-time or sporadically.
It's all legal mumbo jumbo and as you can see it's not done with a
simple signature...
Henne
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