The problem here is that Rob and Sam and other well-known employees are being addressed as IBM employees here and even called to account for their employer's behavior and intentions by some of the participants. I suggest that the best way to deal with those requests is to meet them with silence and those of us who know better should stop asking those questions.
Furthermore, the competition laws that apply to Rob and Sam as IBM employees and their agreements with their employer are not waived by their having a different hat here. They can't get out of it, just like a priest (or parishioner) can't avoid causing scandal by misbehaving in plain clothes. They can operate as individuals but they must also honor the requirements on their conduct that are a consequence of their employment. However, this is not a secret conversation and it is not about arrangements to exclude third parties (except the absent elephant that shall not be named, and I don't see how that can happen under a transparent Alv2 setup anyhow -- au contraire). Furthermore, it is not clear to me that anything that happens here can create a "division of markets." I think this can be more grounded by talking about specific actions that are called for in finalizing the proposal and in anticipating the essential work for taking over the OpenOffice.org code base, related artifacts, and making them available under ALv2, whether or not we ever make a distribution that is called Apache OpenOffice.org. I have too many more thoughts, but it is time to take the trash to the curb and then feed the cats. So you are spared for now [;<). - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Norbert Thiebaud [mailto:nthieb...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 20:31 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Legal concern: Are we getting to close ot a "division of markets" conversation? [ ... ] And these law apply to non-for-profit organization ? The Red-Cross and United Way cannot agree to 'Divide Territories' ? They have by law the obligation to 'compete' for the potential recipient of their charity ? Isn't Apache a non-for-profit ? If I understand the 'Apache Way', I'd say you are wearing a 'Corporate' hat in this email, not your 'Apache member' hat Norbert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
