Hi Simon, Simon Phipps schreef: > > On 9 Jun 2011, at 19:47, Simon Brouwer wrote: > >> Anyway, I think it is high time that TDF be made a foundation proper. >> Suppose Oracle had considered donating the OpenOffice.org trademarks and >> copyrights to TDF. How could it be the recipient of such a donation if >> it didn't exist as a legal entity? > > Really easily. Either the current legal entity by which TDF will be > incorporated, Freies Office Deutschland eV, could accept the donation, or > the US agent retained by them, Software in the Public Interest (SPI) could > accept it on their behalf (as will still be the case once TDF is > incorporated - TDF will not need a US subsidiary in order to accept > donations, because of SPI).
I am not sure how much legal sense "accepting on behalf of TDF" makes as long as TDF is not a legal entity. In any case the existing situation makes matters complicated and unclear. > Time for this "does not exist" meme to end, it is baseless and it is > unhelpful to perpetuate it after so many people have explained that fact. I am not saying TDF "does not exist", I'm pointing out that it is high time it gets the firm legal status that it needs IMO. As the president of a foundation myself I should have some idea what I'm talking about. -- Vriendelijke groet, Simon Brouwer -*- nl.openoffice.org -*- http://www.opentaal.org -*- -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
