Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (109 mails)

[Wolfgang Rosenauer <wr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 03/01/2010 08:43 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:

> However, I would be most pleased to be advised of a reference which
> shows that openSUSE.org is in fact an 'org' which is a not-for-profit
> organisation and which is a legal entity, able to sue and be sued, and
> which is constituted under an Act of parliament (in my country) and
> which has to meet very specific requirements as specified in the Act to
> be termed an 'organisation'.
>
> In which country is openSUSE registered as a not-for-profit organisation?

AFAIK work on this is on its way. The board is evaluating the options.

> Quite apart from the fact that all board members - except, perhaps, one
> - are employees of Novell, there is also the statement that the
> chairperson of the "board" is always appointed by Novell.

The current board http://en.opensuse.org/Board has three Novell
employees and three non-Novell members.
Not sure where you got other information.


Wolfgang
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