<<Corporations are owned by shareholders. It is a democracy. How do you trade shares, money? Who gets how many? What happens when BillyG owns 50.1%, or pick your favorite aspiring businessman?
L8r -- Greg.>> It's possible to have a privately-held corporation, in which the board of trustees and perhaps a few others hold the stock. The company I work for is organized this way - it gives the advantages of a corporation without the possibility of hostile take-overs and other nastities* of public trading. I would think those who are "in charge" of the project (however loosely that term applies) could just as well be the shareholders and board of trustees. There would never be any necessity that they hand over control to anyone at any time. Of course, when money gets involved, harmony and brotherhood are a bit more fleeting. But I think this idea of a single business corporation to represent the project, as with RedHat, is misguided. The beauty of the Debian project is that it is a volunteer organization. Let's keep it that way. I am all for a for-profit business forming as a value-added seller of Debian products. Such a business could focus on pre-installations, packaging and marketing, and user support. I would think a very successful business could be built on such a model, and there would be no necessary control flowing either way between said business and the Debian organization. The Debian community would control the software, such a business (and there could be many of them) would control its own marketing, packaging, support program, etc. ___________________________ * as opposed to "niceties". ========================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==========================
