On Sat, 21 Mar 2026 23:38:22 +0100, Thomas Goirand wrote:
If we become a Foundation, this automatically means registered USA, no? In France, we'd call it an "association", and Foundation feels like USA.
That never came to my mind. Adding a bit to the "Lost in translation (and jurisdiction)" game: foundation (en) ~ Stiftung (de) ~ fondation (fr) association (fr) ~ Verein (de) ~ corporation under 501(c)(3) (en) (And I guess these '~' are something between weak and wrong.)
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.
Luckily there are more jurisdictions than the US one to form an - ehm - organisation :)
And I agree that I wouldn't be happy to see Debian as a US-based organisation.
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