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On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 3:28 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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>> Honestly, saying that the Trustees legally have authority over the |
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>> Council is a bit like saying that the MPAA legally has authority over |
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>> anybody downloading torrents. |
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> The Council does not exist from a legal perspective. It has no legal |
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> authority. Only Trustees can represent the Foundation legally. |
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I never claimed otherwise. |
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However, this is a bit like saying that the MPAA has authority over |
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The Pirate Bay because the latter doesn't really exist legally, at |
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least not in the sense of a traditional corporation. |
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There is a difference between having legal authority and having power. |
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In a court of law there might not be a difference, but very little in |
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the way of FOSS happens in courtrooms. |
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Rich |
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