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by kstenerud 1923 days ago
I took a look at your legalese https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vQbiyK2Fe0jL...

And it looks like OSC only disburses money when it's a "valid expense" according to OSC and a 501c nonprofit. All extra money seems to be held in an account that OSC keeps the interest for, and funnels elsewhere upon termination of the agreement. So it seems that entering into an agreement with OSC involves losing control over who I can contract with, losing control over the donations and not having access to the money anymore except in very specific circumstances, and likely losing all of it should I decide to leave. On top of that, should I feel myself wronged by OSC, I essentially take on HUGE financial risk for legal action because you have a clause that the loser pays all fees of the winner (which basically means that the small guy loses always, because you can just drown him in paper until he gives up, broke, and then owes you hundreds of thousands on top of that to pay for your lawyers doing that to him - and you have a perverse incentive to do that because it will net you profit since your lawyers are in-house).

All of this is on top of the 10% fee you charge.