On 11 March 2013 15:46, rexx <r...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Firstly, holding our hands up here, we have been relying on pro-bono legal > advice to do most of the work in getting the full arrangements in place. > There have been some delays owing to the lawyer concerned having a rush of > his paid work. We have been holding off saying more until that was signed. > It is important for everyone concerned, particularly the charity, that we > get this right.
You chose to involve lawyers? Thats interesting. > > Secondly - and this scares anyone who understands such things, which doesn't > include me - there is a issue concerning a possible patent troll that needs > to be resolved as it could be a risk to the charity. The concerns arising > here are complicated - it's possible that Saad may be able to say more when > he gets a chance - and they do need to be properly examined. To complete the > transfer before doing this I believe would be negligent. In the EU under UK loser pays law? Thats novel. > The technical issues have been addressed so we are ready to move forwards on > that side of things. There is an concern that has been raised about whether > the use and storage of information to produce the statistics at > http://qrpedia.org/stats.php is fully compliant with EU privacy legislation. > We're seeking advice on whether this is an issue that requires a change in > the current use of data, but it is expected that agreeing a privacy policy > and updating our data registration will be enough. Our technical consultants > are confident they can implement whatever is needed, if required. So just turn it off. Worrying about such things is a matter for a later date. So two questionable reasons (getting a lawyer involved in a low value transfer and a problem that can be delt with by switching a non critical system off) and one that may be valid but certainly unusual. -- geni _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
