[Gd-hackers] Names

[Chris Page]

On May 1, 2007, at 19:13 PM, Peter S. Housel wrote:

> Bruce Hoult wrote:
>> On 5/2/07, Chris Page <chris at chris-page.org> wrote:
>>> On May 1, 2007, at 10:01 AM, Bastian Müller wrote:
>>>
>>>>   - Foundation: wouldn't like that
>>>
>>> Any particular reason why?
>>
>> I don't know Bastian's objection, but it doesn't seem right to me  
>> to use terms such as "Foundation" in the absense of a legally- 
>> constituted governing body.

Yes, I agree with that reasoning, though if we had an actual  
foundation I kind of like the name.

> One could make the case that we need such an entity anyway.   
> Numerous copyright messages say "Copyright xxxx Gwydion Dylan  
> Maintainers", which (AFAIK, IANAL) is not really enforceable  
> without a legal entity behind the name.

Yes, perhaps we should create a legal entity. But my point of raising  
this issue now is to try to resolve the more immediate issue of  
confusing names. If we did create a legal entity later, I'm sure we  
could easily start using that name at that time.

-- 
Chris Page - Matrix Glitch

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