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On 01/06/2017 11:13 AM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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> Am Freitag, 6. Januar 2017, 10:57:49 CET schrieb William L. Thomson Jr.: |
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>>> The other side is that we can't predict worldwide legal impact, and that |
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>>> it |
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>>> may well be disadvantageous for someone in another country to officially |
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>>> be |
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>>> member of a US legal body. |
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>> US tends to be the most free and open. Most FOSS projects with a structure |
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>> are in the US. The SPI is in the US. |
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>> Not saying there is interest, but if Gentoo was say moved to another |
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>> country. That may further fall under export restrictions even for an open |
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>> entity. Assets would have to be transferred etc. |
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> That's not what I mean. |
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> Assume it becomes illegal in a third country to be member of a US-based |
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> foundation. What then? |
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> Also we're not only speaking about illegal versus legal here. |
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re-incorporation somewhere else? I think that is worrying about |
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something very unlikely though. |
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Matthew Thode (prometheanfire) |
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