It would be better to conduct this discussion on the Members list. S.
On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 12:57 PM Ilmari Lauhakangas < ilmari.lauhakan...@libreoffice.org> wrote: > In the public board call today it was said that the proposed commercial > entity The Document Collective should not be owned by TDF because of > litigation risk. The risk is thought to form due to the anticipated > significant amount of funds moved through TDC (which will lead TDC to > enter into various contracts). > > I am not convinced that this is reason enough to establish TDC outside > TDF. How did the board arrive at this conclusion? By consulting with > lawyers? > > TDF members should understand that in practice nothing is stopping TDF > from owning a commercial entity either in Germany or outside of Germany. > > Furthermore, TDF already has a business entity which handles the > production costs and income from sales of promotional products (t-shirts > etc.). This existing entity could be used to pilot the ideas behind the > TDC proposal. > > Ilmari > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: > https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > > -- *Simon Phipps* http://webmink.com *Office:* +1 (415) 683-7660 *or* +44 (238) 098 7027 *Signal/Mobile*: +44 774 776 2816
