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On 06/01/17 01:15, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote: |
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>> My general assertion here is that: |
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>> 1) If the foundation is prevented legally from accepting a member due to |
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>> their country of origin, its also probable that the foundation is unable to |
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>> accept any contributions from said member for similar reasons. |
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>> |
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>> 2) If the foundation is able to legally accept a member due to their country |
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>> of origin, its probable that the foundation is able to accept their |
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>> contributions. |
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>> I suspect that the gap where the foundation cannot legally accept a member, |
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>> but somehow it can accept their contributions) is not noteworthy. |
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> I tend to agree. The other good news here is that US embargoes have |
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> been dwindling of late. Iran and Cuba were the really big ones in the |
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> past, and both of those are on their way out. However, this is one of |
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> the downsides to having your sole legal existence in the US. I'm not |
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> sure to what extent having independent orgs in multiple countries |
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> helps here. |
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> |
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Out of interest, what proportion of the current 'staff'/developer list |
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is actually US-resident? Would it better serve the distro, since most of |
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the devs *I* know are domiciled in Europe, for instance .. to be |
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elsewhere? Particularly if the US as a country is becoming more hostile |
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to other countries?! |
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