bruce wrote, > From: Rick Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > However, were an individual programmer to incure liability (the only > > way I can think of off hand is by deliberately caused harm, such as > > sneaking in a disk eraser), the corporation won't protect that > > individual.
> We would likely pursue criminal charges against someone who caused harm > with malice aforethought. However there are negligence scenarios, for > example a maintainer who accepts a patch without realizing that it contains > a trojan-horse program. I want to shield our developers from individual > liability in that sort of case. I would strongly (though I wouldn't guarantee it) expect the developer to win that one, given the license. However, I should note that in that case, the developer wouldn't be shielded by the corporation: the individual isn't relieved of his own negligence. > Did you notice that The Linux Mall was selling legal liability defense > plans for programmers? I would hate to have every developer need to pay > for that. Having a corporation sounds like a much better idea. I missed that. An umbrella policy of that type for debian might be a good idea, though. I paid a bit extra for "First Dollar Defense" on my E & O (malpractice) policy; as most claims are frivolous, it meant that there would have been a lawyer instantly standing by that was already paid; there wouldn't have been any incentive to me to settle a frivolous matter to avoid costs. rick -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
