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

Sun Sep 18 00:06:28 UTC 2011

Thanks Rufus.

We MUST provide this signed agreement today (Sunday) or our bid document will not be submitted tomorrow. Please can I get other feedback ASAP.

Thanks,
Jason

On 17 Sep 2011, at 19:22, Rufus Pollock wrote:

> 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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