On 01/06/2017 11:13 AM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > Am Freitag, 6. Januar 2017, 10:57:49 CET schrieb William L. Thomson Jr.: >> >>> The other side is that we can't predict worldwide legal impact, and that >>> it >>> may well be disadvantageous for someone in another country to officially >>> be >>> member of a US legal body. >> >> US tends to be the most free and open. Most FOSS projects with a structure >> are in the US. The SPI is in the US. >> >> Not saying there is interest, but if Gentoo was say moved to another >> country. That may further fall under export restrictions even for an open >> entity. Assets would have to be transferred etc. >> > > That's not what I mean. > > Assume it becomes illegal in a third country to be member of a US-based > foundation. What then? > > Also we're not only speaking about illegal versus legal here. > re-incorporation somewhere else? I think that is worrying about something very unlikely though. -- Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)