On 01/03/10 18:53, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
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.
"Work on this is on its way"? Surely all this would have been done years ago? Are you suggesting that the opensuse.org thing....falls short of legal requirements (in any country) to be termed a not-for-profit organisation (ie, .org)? In any case, what is the legal basis (in whatever country) for having this "board"? The bottom line is: if someone were to sue openSUSE for whatever reason, who would they be suing in a court of law? Novell or some nebulus entity called "the board" created by.....[aha, the "community", right!]?
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.
From what Henne provided in his response-
http://en.opensuse.org/Guiding_Principles which contains the link to- http://en.opensuse.org/Board BC -- She was only a whisky maker but I loved her still. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org