[foundation-board] Revised teaming agreement with TenForce for EC Open Data Portal bid

Sat Sep 17 18:22:55 UTC 2011

I'm +1. Jordan is likely either still in Warsaw or en route back to the UK ...

Rufus

On 16 September 2011 22:23, Jason Kitcat <jason.kitcat at okfn.org> wrote:
> Dear board
>
> Further to my previous emails, I have taken Jordan's advice and negotiated with TenForce to develop a revised agreement which TenForce urgently request our signature on.
>
> What has changed?
>
> * Removal of "joint and several" liability from clauses. Clarification on meaning of clauses where that had been placed to limit their meaning dramatically;
>
> * Removal of section on intellectual property (which transferred rights to the EC);
>
> * Restriction on recruiting each other's staff now reduce to 6 months;
>
> * Use of the words "best effort" have been switched for "reasonable effort" in a few places;
>
> * Any litigation must now be in English.
>
> Please let me know your views as soon as possible.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
> PS Jordan some of the bits you commented on were from an old version in tracked changes that show up in OpenOffice but not Word (e.g. clause 4.4 you queried)
>
> [see attached file: Teaming Agreement TENFORCE  - OKFN v02.docx]
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