From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DC366139082 for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2017 20:59:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2F2662340D0; Sun, 15 Jan 2017 20:59:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qk0-x243.google.com (mail-qk0-x243.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c09::243]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 012982340CF for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2017 20:59:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qk0-x243.google.com with SMTP id a20so14198073qkc.3 for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2017 12:59:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to; bh=cJ2yppyC5TzHX2Mh3CPimaDkOPPc0Lr7dH0OWUyX3GU=; b=FN+QgzSnATzNXm0RoXGegsoE3uvf4KhoA109WMHwiMsQHx2kpKoBRqyB7EZ6lMOr4j kIygt3fMW0NM3uKdlJzJSOxPQl5G2gxNjVd0NInq0f55cqi+DVUHq/M14QoZ0cHfWq/d ubvfT3lu43Pu6AhySl/C63LL82n6JKdRiATXSLZnthDW8izzQL8V4w3rs8vM+UsLuiSk nv9j83QxG6EID89JkWHbU5pzM+A1GSMLovoU8oj+Igk/qGKiVQ6MPilcUr//KTcS70Yb F4l/XMeAM9HWAJJt03MKXuKdJbLDIH8ZPUOLMkxtBLW3xAhL2WbyhzZZOCE9xThmaCgD dpvg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to; bh=cJ2yppyC5TzHX2Mh3CPimaDkOPPc0Lr7dH0OWUyX3GU=; b=DzhEA2ITK4mmHbXZ9WUthwxMtO5tsSDiIUPYkbwRJuVRHWMoAZaJI+eAuzgTECaY0+ JJcZrcstLh4tiN0bWYylnjdc4M2QiEMo/W4E3Bd64ov/xTtB4aEmgGbO0E70ah11KJvo VpY74crpZjiQPQxG7DDGJyXcM29kWxivfethhB26I2QLgmhxgKsenRSIVYMwCB2PIo90 lRav4NlrhfR0CLV1m88z1MD8D/Cf3/S4VLs7zh6trWpIVyBBMkJ2BBaZGCesBAL7RSXM t0eY4cXP3VsqlygAHMAZivh0+o9UP68/xmmi/vVuJDKWoxeChTjTd8hGrgS4uh1o9xy2 qfmA== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXKuzSzwYDp8u3AiYonBRO7stJpCirVNKZD4BhZBNwFRuQdL3544iFl/bcOMoOimQffSS9AZbpoDvAWSeQ== X-Received: by 10.55.101.215 with SMTP id z206mr26347886qkb.35.1484513953215; Sun, 15 Jan 2017 12:59:13 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.140.16.132 with HTTP; Sun, 15 Jan 2017 12:59:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1604622.bZRWYHrp25@pinacolada> <98230e5a-36ed-283a-2d5d-a62c2901808e@gentoo.org> From: Rich Freeman Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 15:59:12 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: uEgFvo03y1GdvsocI60G3X_gahQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Formally have Council oversee the Foundation 2.0 To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: db2746a8-8713-473f-8677-df4007a5a78e X-Archives-Hash: 58fb5a77aaba8e8bc5385a2504ece945 On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 3:31 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: > On Saturday, January 14, 2017 8:16:58 PM EST Rich Freeman wrote: >> If we want legal advice it would make far more sense to retain >> legal counsel, or maybe work with an organization that does so. > > How will you go about retaining legal advice? Who will have Legal authority to > speak to legal counsel? Who will legally represent Gentoo? I was referring to the Foundation obtaining counsel in advance of a move to something like SPI. > > This would not change under the SPI. > Under the SPI Gentoo wouldn't need legal counsel, at least in the sense of Gentoo the distro. SPI would need counsel, but they already have it. Nobody would sue Gentoo in the event of a dispute, they would sue SPI. -- Rich