Thomas Goirand <[email protected]> wrote on 21/03/2026 at 23:38:22+0100:
> Hi Shruti, > > In these always darker ages, it looks like operating systems may have > to comply to laws we may not like. I have in mind the age verification > stuff, but not only, some more unexpected things may pop. > > If we become a Foundation, this automatically means registered USA, > no? In France, we'd call it an "association", and Foundation feels > like USA. Is this your plan? > > If we become a registered entity, it'd be a way more easy for > governments to get us accounted for. Even more in the case of a > USA-registered Foundation. While with the current case, it'd be a way > harder for Debian to get into trouble. For example, the foundation > could be sued, and we'd have to pay for such trial in USA. But with > the current state, one would have to go after single individuals. > > How do you plan to deal with this? > > Also, could you expand on "exploring the possibilities" from your > platform? What does this mean? > > To be clear: I'm for keeping things as they are now for the reason > mentioned above. I'd feel very sad if Debian were to be incorporated in the US. Especially in the current times. -- PEB
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
