Status of the picture book

[Nicu Buculei]

Michael Naughton wrote:
> Nicu:
> 
> Frankly, companies usually use clauses like this to dissuade individuals 
> from suing them.  Effectively, by signing the document the company and 
> individual agree to the location of any possible lawsuit and what type 
> of law that is to be applied.  In the United States each state has its 
> own law.  Some states' law is more favorable for certain positions than 
> others.  For example, many corporations use Delaware as their state of 
> incorporation because it is seen as having a body of state law that is 
> more corporation friendly.

Mike,

I fully understand that, but I am living in the EU and most likely will 
never get into Delaware, so the chances of me going into Delaware to sue 
Red Hat are ZERO. And why I would prefer a corporate-friendly law in 
Delaware instead of a citizen-friendly law from Europe?

And I guess I can claim at any time that not being a native English 
speaker (even more, not having *ever* learned English formally) I didn;t 
fully understood what I signed. You know, a citizen-friendly European 
law may be helpful here :p

> Nicu Buculei wrote:
>> Michael Naughton wrote:
>>> I'm coming into this a bit late, but I couldn't help but wonder if 
>>> there was any discussion with Red Hat legal concerning inserting a 
>>> choice of law and choice of forum clause in the Model and 
>>> Contribution release.  By adding these clauses, the signee would 
>>> agree to litigate the issue by the specified law (New York, Delaware, 
>>> etc.) and location (presumably most easily accessible for Red 
>>> Hat/Fedora legal department).  I would be happy to whip something 
>>> together and pass it along.  (Disclosure: I am an attorney licensed 
>>> to practice in Michigan).
>>
>> I am a potential photographer living in the Europe, the people posing 
>> for me will be most likely from the EU, what do we should care about 
>> states in the USA?


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