Thread: Legal Info

Jason,

> I am employed by La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia and for a
> recent major project I opted use PostgreSQL v7.3.0.  The project has
> generally been a success and I have requested that I make a submission
> to the PG Advocacy site to be approved by our PR Department.  Before I
> submit my document our PR Department needs to review any legal
> implications about using the La Trobe University name in combination
> with PostgreSQL advocacy and I was wondering if you have any
> documents/contacts with whom we could get in touch with to sort these
> matters out.

Unfortunately, the PostgreSQL project does *not* have a lawyer.   I,
personally, cannot imagine any such implications, but I am not an attorney.
In fact, despite having several large corporations offering their case
studies, La Trobe is the first to ask.

Have you contacted you school's ombusdman (or other legal officer)?   I expect
that what your PR department wants is reasurrance that posting your case
study on our site could never lead to a suit against your school, or to the
school becoming liable for our project's debts in some way.   Only an
attorney is going to be able to provide such assurance with authority.

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

Josh,

there is a framework for doing the case studies, and part of it includes
a legal disclaimer though I don't have a link for that part. I've sent a
note to Justin (and am cc'ing Carol) as I think either he or Carol has
the information. I remember Monster Labs signed something before I coded
up their case study for the advocacy site...

Speaking of, for those folks willing to code things, we need someone to
take over Carol's work on case studies. I'm willing to coordinate if
folks are willing to do some html coding.

Robert Treat

On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 11:34, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Jason,
>
> > I am employed by La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia and for a
> > recent major project I opted use PostgreSQL v7.3.0.  The project has
> > generally been a success and I have requested that I make a submission
> > to the PG Advocacy site to be approved by our PR Department.  Before I
> > submit my document our PR Department needs to review any legal
> > implications about using the La Trobe University name in combination
> > with PostgreSQL advocacy and I was wondering if you have any
> > documents/contacts with whom we could get in touch with to sort these
> > matters out.
>
> Unfortunately, the PostgreSQL project does *not* have a lawyer.   I,
> personally, cannot imagine any such implications, but I am not an attorney.
> In fact, despite having several large corporations offering their case
> studies, La Trobe is the first to ask.
>
> Have you contacted you school's ombusdman (or other legal officer)?   I expect
> that what your PR department wants is reasurrance that posting your case
> study on our site could never lead to a suit against your school, or to the
> school becoming liable for our project's debts in some way.   Only an
> attorney is going to be able to provide such assurance with authority.
>
> --
> Josh Berkus
> Aglio Database Solutions
> San Francisco

Hi All,

Special thanks to Justin, Josh and Robert for getting back to me with
info.  I'll wait till I hear from back from Carol, Justin or Robert with
regards to the legal schpiel.

Regards,

Jason

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Jason Godden
Timetable Officer/Specialist Programmer
Facilities & Services Division
LA TROBE UNIVERSITY
PH: +61 3 9479 5690
FAX: +61 3 9479 5051
EMAIL: j.godden@latrobe.edu.au

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