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From: Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@g.o>
To: "Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Meeting agenda - Council meeting 2018-04-08
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2018 19:07:56
Message-Id: 20180407190751.35qpoeuvb5yz3v4a@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Meeting agenda - Council meeting 2018-04-08 by "Andreas K. Huettel"
1 On 18-04-07 21:01:38, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
2 > Am Samstag, 7. April 2018, 20:37:21 CEST schrieb Matthew Thode:
3 >
4 > > Second, I highly doubt that any other org would be willing to manage the
5 > > project without at least some sort of license/trademark agreement
6 > > between the foundation and them.
7 >
8 > As long as no public representation takes place, I see no need for that.
9 > However, this is a valid point that needs to be considered.
10 >
11 > > Third, I also doubt any org stepping in would want to manage one of two
12 > > accounts (bank wise), they'd want to manage all the money.
13 >
14 > Incorrect.
15 >
16 > (And if you ever bothered to actually read my mails, I already pointed that
17 > out.)
18 >
19 > Quoting the SPI web pages: "SPI does not prohibit the project from having a
20 > similar relationship with other fiscal sponsors."
21 >
22
23 Thanks for this, I haven't had time to catch up everywhere, this list
24 suddenly went into high traffic mode...
25
26 > > We'd be replacing one structure, where two groups think they
27 > > are in charge but one legally is, with two groups who think they are in
28 > > charge and both legally are.
29 >
30 > That sentence brings up a philosophical question. What happens if you think
31 > you're in charge, but nobody else does? (maybe except veremit)
32 >
33
34 Eventually, if the person thinking they were in charge (but not actually
35 in charge) were to do something intolerable in the view of the group
36 actually in charge, they'd be fired / kicked out. The could possibly
37 extend to the removing of licencing/trademark privileges if any exist.
38
39 --
40 Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)

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