l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Andreas Enge <andr...@enge.fr> skribis:
>
>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 07:29:55PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>>> So, what can we do?  We could go to another fiscal sponsor for free
>>> software projects in the US, either Conservancy or SPI, Inc., but they
>>> may redirect us to the FSF because we’re GNU.
>>> 
>>> We could look for something similar in Europe but I don’t know of any.
>>> 
>>> Or we could just create a bank account (I want to avoid PayPal) and
>>> possibly a non-profit and do it ourselves.  But this has drawbacks, see
>>> <https://lwn.net/Articles/548558/> for instance.
>>
>> Definitely I am in favour of creating a French "association loi 1901".
>> From what I have heard of diverse clubs I am a member of, this is rather
>> easy; but so far I have not had the time to look into it.
>
> Yeah I think it would be fine to do both, and probably more convenient
> for donors.
>
> I’m happy to join a bunch of French people to sit down and do the
> paperwork.

I think the paperwork for a French association would need the
rigorousness of a German.  ;)

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Mathieu Lirzin

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