[Gd-hackers] Names

Andreas Bogk andreas at andreas.org
Thu May 3 01:05:54 CEST 2007


Peter S. Housel schrieb:
> One could make the case that we need such an entity anyway.  Numerous
> copyright messages say "Copyright xxxx Gwydion Dylan Maintainers",
> which (AFAIK, IANAL) is not really enforceable without a legal entity
> behind the name.

This is a slippery slope, as it might end up in a discussion of 
liability issues, but under German law we form a "Gesellschaft 
bürgerlichen Rechts" by virtue of "konkludentes Handeln", and thus it is 
possible for us to be the a party in a lawsuit.

It's probably a good idea to come up with something more formally 
defined, though.

Andreas



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