Re: PostgreSQL-related legal question

On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 08:28:11 -0400
Bill Moran <wmoran(at)potentialtech(dot)com> wrote:

>
> I've been asked to sign a legal document related to a PostgreSQL-
> related job opening. I have concerns about the document and that
> signing it could have a negative impact on the PostgreSQL project
> (in addition to personal concerns).

Open source licenses are designed to protect the project, usually, so it should be hard for you to be able to hurt it. I would rather be worried of signing for something illegal on your end, a good thing to check upon anyway.

>
> I'm guessing I'm not the first person to go through this. I'm
> hoping someone on this list can refer me to a lawyer who is
> familiar with the challenges of NDAs and open source projects.
>
> I'm not asking for pro-bono, I'm willing to pay for services,
> but I just figured that I might get better results getting a
> referral than by contacting $random_legal_service.
>

I would try posting your question on one of the mailing lists at the OSI first (probably License-discuss?)

http://opensource.org/lists

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