From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GMGva-0006uY-1F for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 04:28:18 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8A4RJkW012269; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 04:27:19 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8A4OHnF011977 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 04:24:17 GMT Received: from [127.0.0.1] (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBFAE642BE for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 04:24:16 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Paid support From: Daniel Ostrow To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1157828600.8525.1.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org> References: <44F95E3E.9000708@gentoo.org> <44F96559.6010003@gentoo.org> <44F96881.90806@gentoo.org> <200609021426.03618.kugelfang@gentoo.org> <44F988FB.3070001@gentoo.org> <44F98D55.8020706@gentoo.org> <20060902233715.GT32359@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net> <44F9E46C.8080202@gentoo.org> <1157452829.9994.24.camel@localhost> <44FF96EE.8010605@gentoo.org> <1157637812.10396.5.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org> <45023138.8000208@gentoo.org> <4502320A.2070402@gentoo.org> <1157809423.7667.22.camel@vertigo.twi-31o2.org> <4502F0A0.8040405@gmail.com> <1157828600.8525.1.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: The Gentoo Foundation Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 21:23:08 -0700 Message-Id: <1157862188.2611.3.camel@Leo> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 2d7845c9-54e1-467c-ad2d-ffbfcf906c28 X-Archives-Hash: cb71a6891609b9b085e0ccdd177f225e On Sat, 2006-09-09 at 15:03 -0400, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > On Sat, 2006-09-09 at 18:49 +0200, Ioannis Aslanidis wrote: > > I am just wondering, how does this affect European developers? Does this > > make us financially active in the US even if we work for a European > > company due to the fact that we are bound to Gentoo Foundation which > > *is* registered as a NFP Organization in the US? What are our > > responsibilities from the juridic point of view in the US and in the EU? > > If you are not working for a US company, then US law does not apply. > This is exactly the point that I am trying to get across. This is no > different than someone contracting you now. You would be required to > follow the laws that govern a normal contract. If it is within the same > country, then the laws of that country. If it is across international > borders, then you would be required to do whatever is necessary > according to the laws of both countries. The only reason that US law > would be used is if you either live in the US or are working for a > company in the US. That and it is all an entirely moot point as the Foundation would not be making money in any way shape manner or form it is no different from HotJobs, Monster, or the Penny Saver...we would be connecting people with jobs...NetBSD already does this btw...http://www.netbsd.org/gallery/consultants.html and they are a *more* restrictive 501(c)3. --Dan -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list