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On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 12:05 PM Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@g.o> |
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> Am Mittwoch, 26. August 2020, 21:27:56 EEST schrieb Matthew Thode: |
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> > On 20-08-26 21:23:41, Andreas K. Hüttel wrote: |
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> https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2020/08/25/is-an-umbrella-organization-a-g |
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> > > ood-choice-for-gentoo/ |
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> > > While I'm not the author, I think it's an excellent writeup. |
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> > Yep, looked good. The one thing I'd like to see it compared to is |
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> > re-incororation as a non-profit (which may be a requirement to be |
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> > absorbed under an umbrella org anyway). |
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> If it's just about being absorbed, well, giving away assets is easier for |
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> a |
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> corporation than for a non-profit. |
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> I personally suspect re-incororation as a non-profit will in that case a) |
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> cost |
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> us unnecessary time and money, and b) potentially make our life harder |
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> once we |
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> finally get rid of the foundation. |
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Is getting rid of the Foundation a foregone conclusion? It's unclear to me |
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what folks actually want to do. |
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-A |
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> -- |
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> Andreas K. Hüttel |
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> dilfridge@g.o |
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> Gentoo Linux developer |
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> (council, qa, toolchain, base-system, perl, libreoffice) |
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