Re: Call for OPW project ideas

[Tobias Mueller <muelli cryptobitch de>]

Hi.

[dropping d-d-l]

On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 10:46:13PM +0100, Benjamin Berg wrote:
> On Sa, 2014-09-27 at 11:45 -0400, Marina Zhurakhinskaya wrote:
> > Yes. The legal liability is only for gross negligence, recklessness or
> > intentional wrongdoing. This is covered on
> > https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen#Contracts
>
> OK, I am very late to the thread, but I did read trough the contracts
> and I do have some concerns.
>
> As I understand it, the whole point is to protect all parties involved
> from lawsuits. However, the contract seems to be biased a lot toward
> GNOME, and I am not sure it protects the mentors properly.
Right.  I share those concerns and the feeling that there are enough laws 
covering "gross negligence, recklessness or intentional wrongdoing" and that we 
better not try to outsmart those.

I am also missing some form of incentive to sign the contract.
Why would I want to sign a document full of American legalese?

Cheers,
  Tobi