From owner-freebsd-java Thu Feb 19 08:03:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA07441 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 08:03:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from proxy.fastparts.com (qmailr@proxy.fastparts.com [208.201.54.195]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA07429 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 08:03:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from awd@fastparts.com) Received: (qmail 5088 invoked from network); 19 Feb 1998 15:56:36 -0000 Received: from resistor.fastparts.com (HELO fastparts.com) (208.201.54.220) by proxy.fastparts.com with SMTP; 19 Feb 1998 15:56:36 -0000 Message-ID: <34EC5668.DB3255D0@fastparts.com> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 09:57:28 -0600 From: "Adam W. Dace" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: boia01@gel.usherb.ca CC: Tony Kimball , java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sunsoft swing classes References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Alex Boisvert wrote: > > Oh it's a *very* good idea! An LLC with no assets is the closest you > > can get to being lawsuit-proof. (The coders obviously incur no > > liabilities, only the publisher.) > > I can't say anything for the US, but in Canada if you did that, the > administrators of the corporation WOULD be considered possible lawsuit > targets has they have a 'civil' responsibility with respect to law. > > That's why administrators who fraud can be sued... and that's a very good > thing. There's probably an equivalent concept in the US. > > Wanna be the administrator, not just the coder? ;0) Not particularly, I just want to see it happen. Imagine pulling up a Java-based mail tool(or anything else for that matter) and having a Look'n'Feel menu that gives you the following options: Win95, MacOS, Motif, Java, Metal, OpenStep, Rhapsody. *chuckle* A lot of Internet gambling companies and other misc. companies have been setting up shop in countries like Anguilla where they pay a fixed setup fee, then hardly anything in taxes. This also protects them from U.S. law. I wonder what the law in Anguilla would be? :-) In many cases like this, it's quite possible to be living in the U.S., but have a corporation or other entity setup in another country. Ahh the joys of legalese(something I am definietly not complete cogniscent of, but enjoy theorizing about). -- Adam W. Dace (AD332) | E-Mail: awd@fastparts.com Software Programmer | Office URL: http://www.fastparts.com/ FastParts, Inc. | Personal URL: http://www.turing.com/awd/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message