Re: [tdf-discuss] [Legalese] "Foundation" or "Group"?

On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 21:26 -0700, Doug Bash wrote:
> --- On Fri, 10/1/10, Andre Schnabel <Andre.Schnabel@gmx.net> wrote:
>
> From: Andre Schnabel <Andre.Schnabel@gmx.net>
> Subject: Re: [tdf-discuss] [Legalese] "Foundation" or "Group"?
> To: discuss@documentfoundation.org
> Date: Friday, October 1, 2010, 6:25 AM
>
> Hi,
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > Von: Gianluca Turconi <gianluca@letturefantastiche.com>
>
> > Should Germany be the chosen country in order to register the foundation
>  
> > or is that point a work in progress too?
>
> It's in progress. 
>
> We (speaking of OpenOffice.org Deutschland e.V. in this case) are happy
> to be the interim backing for the Foundation activities - but it is not
> our intention to "become the Foundation".
>
> Regarding the country - there are several things to be considered, like
> strength of community (which is very good in France, Italy, Germany), local
> law (esp. regarding taxes) ... 
>
> We are currently working on more detailed plans - but we thougt, it was 
> quite unfair to set up a Foundation and tell everyone "that's it".
>
> André
> -- 
> Hi all; 
>
> Thanks for beginning this undertaking. The user community is undoubtedly st
> rongest in Europe, as Andre notes, but if this can be structured so that in
> tegration with an American non-profit is somehow possible it will certainly
>  help overall growth. Open software adoption by library systems and other g
> overnmental entities  here, especially at a time of severe budgetary pres
> sures, is being discussed in many venues and it is much easier to propose o
> pen alternatives if representing some actual Entity rather than merely a Go
> od Idea.
>
> Doug Bash

Hi Doug,

Agreed - and to put it simply, then let's start the process of starting
such an organization.

Isn't really, in the end, just that simple. *smile*

Doesn't need to be the organization, just the US organization.

Sincerely,

Drew


Drew





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