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On Monday, January 16, 2017 10:06:09 AM EST Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> > The SPI provides legal assistance, it does not take over all legal matters |
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> > and also uses the SFLC. Gentoo may still need its own legal |
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> > representation. Their legal assistance is also at their discretion, |
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> > unlike other services. |
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> If we moved to SPI we would dissolve the Foundation. There would be |
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> no "Gentoo" to seek legal representation. |
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Just because you go to the SPI does not mean Gentoo does not exist. If you get |
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rid of the Foundation that is another matter. Some legal entity still has to |
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own that stuff. |
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> And since they're the ones who have to worry about getting sued, it |
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> really shouldn't be a concern that legal assistance is at their |
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> discretion. The onus would actually be on them to ensure that we're |
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> not doing things that will get them sued, not the other way around. |
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> Obviously we would be good tennents, and Gentoo generally tries to |
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> follow the law anyway. Most of the areas we struggle are areas that |
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> would go away under SPI. |
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You have a misunderstanding of the SPI and you need to contact them to get |
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more information. This is NOT how they work at all. They DO NOT provide legal |
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protection. |
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The SPI does not simply handle any law suits! They are NOT a legal body. They |
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are financial, accountants, tax attorneys not legal ones. They use the SFLC for |
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legal purposes. |
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People seriously need to get more information. I spent considerable time on |
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all this as a Trustee, contacting the SPI and SFLC. You all are just revising |
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things I have already and not listening. |
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Do not take my word, go talk to the SPI. They have a IRC channel on oftc. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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