Re: Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-24 Thread Richard Laager
On 3/24/22 15:45, Sam Hartman wrote: "Richard" == Richard Laager writes: Richard> On 3/20/22 07:10, Felix Lechner wrote: >> If we accidentally formed a General Partnership, as has been >> suggested elsewhere Richard> Yes, that would be really dumb for a number of reasons.

Re: Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-24 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Richard" == Richard Laager writes: Richard> On 3/20/22 07:10, Felix Lechner wrote: >> If we accidentally formed a General Partnership, as has been >> suggested elsewhere Richard> Yes, that would be really dumb for a number of reasons. The problem is that at least in the U

Re: Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-24 Thread Richard Laager
On 3/20/22 07:10, Felix Lechner wrote: If we accidentally formed a General Partnership, as has been suggested elsewhere Yes, that would be really dumb for a number of reasons. I have friends who are or were high-ranking officials at the UN. With the project's permission, I might explore findi

Re: Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-21 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 11:40:36AM +0100, Gard Spreemann wrote: > > If there was a single Debian foundation, Debian members would be split > > between those that are in the juridiction of the foundation and those > > that are not and the former would be inevitably advantaged. > > Would moving such

Re: Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-21 Thread Christian Kastner
On 2022-03-21 12:05, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 09:41:49AM +0100, Christian Kastner wrote: >> A common pattern to address this within the open source world is to >> create a non-profit legal entity, e.g. the FSF Foundation or the GNOME >> Foundation. > > or SPI? SPI is Debian

Re: Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-21 Thread Holger Levsen
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 09:41:49AM +0100, Christian Kastner wrote: > A common pattern to address this within the open source world is to > create a non-profit legal entity, e.g. the FSF Foundation or the GNOME > Foundation. or SPI? -- cheers, Holger ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ holger@(debian|r

Re: Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-21 Thread Gard Spreemann
Bill Allombert writes: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 09:41:49AM +0100, Christian Kastner wrote: >> Currently, the Project has no legal standing of its >> own, meaning that within any legal context, there is no Project. > > Indeed, it is a great feature of Debian that it is not bound to any > particu

Re: Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-21 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 09:41:49AM +0100, Christian Kastner wrote: > Currently, the Project has no legal standing of its > own, meaning that within any legal context, there is no Project. Indeed, it is a great feature of Debian that it is not bound to any particular juridiction, it only exists thr

Re: Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-21 Thread Christian Kastner
On 2022-03-21 09:41, Christian Kastner wrote: > Currently, the Project has no legal standing of its > own, meaning that within any legal context, there is no Project. You > can't donate to Debian, you donate to some other organization (SPI). The > DPL can represent the Project only formally, as for

Re: Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-21 Thread Christian Kastner
On 2022-03-20 13:10, Felix Lechner wrote: > I'm sorry no one has gotten back to you so far. I do not know which > ideas Jonathan Carter and Brian Gupta (copied as a courtesy) have been > pursuing. > > My own thinking on this point is also evolving, as detailed below. I > copied Christan Kastner to

Re: Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-20 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi Bill, On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 1:50 PM Bill Allombert wrote: > > Could someone explain what does that mean ? I'm sorry no one has gotten back to you so far. I do not know which ideas Jonathan Carter and Brian Gupta (copied as a courtesy) have been pursuing. My own thinking on this point is al

Re: Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-18 Thread Bill Allombert
On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 05:30:30PM +0100, Christian Kastner wrote: > Jonathan has already addressed this in his platform, acknowledging Brian > Gupta's 2020 campaign focus on this, so this is mostly a question for > Hideki and Felix: > > What is your position on registering Debian as an organizati

Re: Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-17 Thread Hideki Yamane
Hi, > What is your position on registering Debian as an organization? Positive (currently). > I'm curious as to (1) what you think of the idea in general, and (2) > insofar you think this is a good idea, to what extent you'd consider > pursuing it during your term(s). Reading Jonathan's plat

Re: Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-17 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi Christian, On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 9:48 AM Christian Kastner wrote: > > What is your position on registering Debian as an organization? > > I'm curious as to (1) what you think of the idea in general, and (2) > insofar you think this is a good idea, to what extent you'd consider > pursuing it

Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-17 Thread Christian Kastner
Jonathan has already addressed this in his platform, acknowledging Brian Gupta's 2020 campaign focus on this, so this is mostly a question for Hideki and Felix: What is your position on registering Debian as an organization? I'm curious as to (1) what you think of the idea in general, and (2) ins