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On Friday, January 6, 2017 11:24:15 AM EST Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:57 AM, William L. Thomson Jr. |
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> <wlt-ml@××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Friday, January 6, 2017 1:10:48 PM EST Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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> >> * The electorate lists for the "council" or "board" are handled by |
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> >> ourselves, and do not require membership of any legal body. |
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> > Again you have to have something legal to protect the name and other IP. |
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> > There is no getting around that period. |
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> I think the thing you missed in this and most of your other replies to |
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> his email is that this would be the results of dissolving the |
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> Foundation and transferring its assets to SPI or a similar |
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> organization. |
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I think you all are missing my experience and research into this matter. |
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Again go look into -nfp archives. You will find a pretty in depth discussion |
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with lots of details you all are seeking to revisit. Learn from the past or |
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repeat your choice. |
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> To avoid a second email, the issue of the single liaison may have been |
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> resolved by Debian, and we would need to follow-up to confirm. |
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I spoke with the SPI as a trustee before... Has anyone else discussing this? |
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They have a single liason. This is the SPI's model and it is not subject to |
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change. |
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http://www.spi-inc.org/projects/debian/ |
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Look at any project, click on them, 1 liason. |
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http://www.spi-inc.org/projects/ |
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At best you can have a backup, but that comes with its own issues |
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http://www.spi-inc.org/projects/aptosid/ |
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One thing you also are all not realizing. You apply for the SPI and must be |
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accepted. It is not a guarantee. Gentoo would need a backup plan if it was not |
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accepted. Given the issues with the IRS I am not sure if Gentoo would be |
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approved. They would have tremendous work potentially. It is not like the |
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house is in order and asking them to simply take over. |
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Also the SPI encourages members of said project to join their organization and |
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take part in SPI governance. Which people object to doing such with the |
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Foundation now, and that will not make that problem any better. |
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People seriously do not understand the scope or details. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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