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On Sunday, January 15, 2017 3:59:12 PM EST Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 3:31 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. |
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> <wlt-ml@××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Saturday, January 14, 2017 8:16:58 PM EST Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> >> If we want legal advice it would make far more sense to retain |
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> >> legal counsel, or maybe work with an organization that does so. |
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> > How will you go about retaining legal advice? Who will have Legal |
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> > authority to speak to legal counsel? Who will legally represent Gentoo? |
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> I was referring to the Foundation obtaining counsel in advance of a |
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> move to something like SPI. |
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Trustees are the only ones with legal authority who could retain any counsel. |
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> > This would not change under the SPI. |
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> Under the SPI Gentoo wouldn't need legal counsel, at least in the |
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> sense of Gentoo the distro. SPI would need counsel, but they already |
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> have it. Nobody would sue Gentoo in the event of a dispute, they |
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> would sue SPI. |
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The SPI provides legal assistance, it does not take over all legal matters and |
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also uses the SFLC. Gentoo may still need its own legal representation. Their |
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legal assistance is also at their discretion, unlike other services. |
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To many are making assumptions about the SPI and need to learn more about |
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them, their service offerings, etc. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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