jan vroonhof wrote, > Rick Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 3) Liability. The corporation is legally a person. If someone got > > the bright idea to sue Debian (for whatever reason, including > > frivolous), individuals would be liable without incorporation. > > Incorporated, individual liability extends only to acts of that > > individual. > Just wondering: If that was a concern wouldn't have been better to > have incorperated in a country where the legal climate is less > aggressive?
I don't think it would have helped. They would still have the underlying individual liability, whether there was a foreign corporation or not. And they're still most likely to be sued in their own country, wherever it may be. I know very little about civil code/roman/napoleanic law (and nothing about the types other than this and Common Law), but I doubt that it would provide absolution for one's own action due to the existence of a corporation. Also, despite other problems with a hostile legal climate, the protection in the US from the corporation is close to ideal. > It would proably have been more expensive though.. as to that, i can't even guess . . . rick, esq. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
