On Aug 14, 2006, at 17:58, Ben Scott wrote:
I feel that incorporating GNHLUG without their consent would be something of a betrayal. At the same time, obtaining "their" consent would be an administrative nightmare.
Devil's advocate: At this point they have no inalienable right to the use of GNHLUG or to call themselves GNHLUG as society recognizes such things (as encoded in our laws). If a nail salon in Berlin registers GNHLUG as its name tomorrow with the Secretary of State, that's it, game over.
In the same way, The Weenies would be 'taking' the name from the same group of people by registering it as property of The Weenies. At that point it's no longer "free" but controlled by The Weenies, under protection of State force. But the idea is to have the "good guys" do it, to protect the mission as set forth to date.
I like Ben's idea myself, since Linux is only one important aspect of Free Software, which I think is the bigger goal, but we should recognize that if we're ever to protect "GNHLUG" legally, we're probably not going to be able to do it with 100% approval. You only need 3/4 of the states to amend the US Constitution.
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