[ZODB-Dev] Increasing the number of ZODB developers

[Jeremy Hylton]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:59:37 +0100, Andreas Jung <lists at andreas-jung.com> wrote:
> The indemnification clause "Committer indemnifies ZC against violations".
> This clause
> is in fact a very general clause which says all and nothing. Can ZC sue me
> if I commit some
> GPL code or if commit the Windows sources? I am aware that are must be some
> clause to protect
> ZC in some way. On the other hand I wonder whether  such a clause could be
> enforced or not and  whether general
> clauses are compatible with national law. Ok, you can could sue me  before
> a court in US but at the first glance
> Europe is far away....any thoughts?

This probably isn't the right list for this kind of discussion. 
(Nonetheless, can't resist a brief comment: indemnification is a
strong word.  The commiter is assuming some liability.   The wording
of the agreement is very broad, so the assumed liability is hard to
assess.)

Jeremy