Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 11:54:31PM +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote: >> pe, 2006-06-09 kello 22:43 +0200, Florian Weimer kirjoitti: >> > * MJ Ray: >> > > any donations to debian must be given to SPI; or >> > >> > Why do you think this is so? >> >> Our Constitution, section 9.2: >> >> Since Debian has no authority to hold money or property, any >> donations for the Debian Project must be made to SPI, which >> manages such affairs. >> >> I think this is rather outdated; when it was written, the only >> organization that held money and property for Debian was the SPI. These >> days there's more. There is no point in forcing people to transfer money >> from, say, Finland to the US, just because of this clause in the >> Constitution. > > I agree, so perhaps we should change the Constitution to match. > > However, since SPI does more than just holding our money (it also is the > owner of the copyrights on our website and of (at least some of) our > servers), I don't think removing SPI from the constitution entirely is a > good idea. > > Perhaps a formulation like > > Since Debian has no authority to hold money or property, any > monetary donations for the Debian Project must be made to an > organization that has been vetted by the DPL to be allowed to > handle such things in name of the Debian project, where no more > than one such organization shall be vetted per country. > > Any property in hardware, trademarks, or in copyright will be > handled by SPI, which is our legal umbrella organization in the > U.S. > > might work. This would avoid having to update the constitution every > time someone wants to create a new organization. > > Cc sent to -vote, because if we're going to update the constitution, > this might be a good idea.
This should refer to another text listing the vetted organizations. One outside the constitution so it can be changed as needed. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]