Subject: Re: The NetBSD developers agreement
To: Stefan Bozhilov <stefabov@yahoo.com>
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 09/04/2006 00:46:36
On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 03:35:20PM -0700, Stefan Bozhilov wrote:
> Individual developers should sign NDAs and the
> Foundation can provide assistance, but it should not
> be a side in the agreement.
This is not always a sensible. Part of the non disclosure is that I can
not quote the realy good examples (which did a great service to the comunity,
but required TNF signing a contract, not all developers involved).
And you wouldn't want to be part of board (or a CEO in a commercial entitiy)
signing any agreement if you have to take responsibility for all the actions
of all developers, which in turn do not have any liability to your legal
entity. This is all common sense, nothing vile, nothing specatacular
anti-open-source.
Martin