write a "Do no evil" contract

[chadwhitacre]

IRC

The proposal is that we come up with a simple contract and run it by a lawyer and get that on file for people to whom we want to give access to sensitive data.

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[mvdkleijn]

While this is a good idea on the one hand... on the other hand, you have non-US "workers" and not all US valid legalisms are legal in other countries. I know some clauses used in the US can be automatically null-and-void in the Netherlands for example. International legal contracts (which is what we'd be talking about) can be quite complex. Could be pricey and also serve as a deterrent (due to complexity of understanding its consequences) for "workers"

Just a thought....

[rummik]

@mvdkleijn Perhaps, but I think this is more for the people working with anything that can't be public, like databases, SSL certs, root passwords, etc. So more of an NDA than anything, with some extras that outline how much responsibility comes with great power.

[chadwhitacre]

@mvdkleijn Good point. I'll bring that up with the lawyer.

[chadwhitacre]

I didn't wait for this. @zwn now has access to Heroku. IRC

@wyze Hit me up on IRC and we'll take care of you as well.

[clone1018]

Does this fit under Infrastructure?

[chadwhitacre]

Well, it's not user-visible, and addresses a systems/process issue (scaling the team). So ... yes?

[chadwhitacre]

+1 from @ribasushi in private email (see also #2028).

[chadwhitacre]

I've emailed a lawyer about this:

Don,

Hope this email finds you well. Last we worked together was in 2009 on a software licensing issue.

I'm finding success with a new software product (www.gittip.com) and I have several legal matters related to it. The first thing I need is an independent contractor agreement, but with a twist: both effort and compensation are completely voluntary for the contractor. I also need this to work internationally, and ideally with digital signatures.

Can we schedule a call some time to discuss and put an estimate together? This week is good for me except Friday.

Thanks Don!

chad

[chadwhitacre]

Promoting to TeamX ★. I want to feel good about handing out access to people.

[chadwhitacre]

Ping @copiesofcopies. Here's the ticket I mentioned on our call, to be addressed once #3399 settles down.

[chadwhitacre]

Moved to gratipay/inside.gratipay.com#528.