On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Phil Pennock < [email protected]> wrote:
> So my recollection of the SAGE-era discussions is that one of the issues > that led to frustration and the creation of LOPSA was that SAGE, being > part of USENIX, was covered as a 501(c)3 and so could not attempt to > influence legislation, which led to problems with one of the various > DMCA-like laws creating angst among sysadmins. > > If LOPSA is also a 501(c)3, not a c6, then that means that LOPSA too is > enjoined from voicing an opinion on legislation which affects us in our > professional careers, does it not? A 501(c)3 can spin off an independent arm which *can* voice such opinions. While SAGE would have needed Usenix's permission to do so (or more likely Usenix would need to do it itself; note SAGE's current status with Usenix, which in and of itself may reflect a problematic reality of then-SAGE), LOPSA can do so without external permission. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates [email protected] [email protected] unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
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