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On Tuesday 15 January 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Tuesday 15 January 2008, reader@×××××××.com wrote: |
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> > After looking at some of the discusion at: |
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> > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-644321.html |
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> > I saw there that gentoo's charter had been pulled. |
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> > |
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> > What does that actually mean? And who is such a charter with? |
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> The charter is a legal document filed with the State of New Mexico, it's |
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> the document that permits the Gentoo Foundation to exist as a legal |
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> entity. Because of unfiled paperwork etc etc the charter is no longer |
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> current and valid, and the Gentoo Foundation does not exist as a legal |
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> entity. On a code basis, it means that the Gentoo "G" logo, all ebuilds |
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> in the tree and portage itself now are not owned by anyone. Of course |
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> this is a dangerous position for those copyrights and logos to be in. |
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I don't want to sound like a European who's been through two world wars (I |
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haven't of course, although at times I can feel as if I have), but the people |
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who allowed that to happen would normally be taken out (not to make a mess on |
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the floor) and shot! |
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Is there a legit way to recover from this position, without take overs, |
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juntas, curfews and summary executions? Who needs to do what? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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