Re: [eclipse.org-members-committers] Upcoming Vote of the Membership

[Mike Milinkovich <mike.milinkovich@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/08/2015 12:03 PM, Martin Lippert wrote:
> What are the implications for existing members of the foundation if such a government agency joins the foundation via amending the governing law in such a case?

None that I am aware of.

> Maybe something like a worst-case example scenario in which the New York state as the governing law would play a role (and what would happen then for those government agencies) would help me to understand this better.

Sorry, but I have no examples that I could competently explain. Our 
membership agreement is a very simple document. In most cases we expect 
that this would be a no-op. In any event, these types of concerns only 
really become pertinent in the event of litigation, which seems very 
unlikely.

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