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 D8D44139085 for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2017 20:28:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2BC752340B7; Sun, 15 Jan 2017 20:28:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail2.obsidian-studios.com (mail2.obsidian-studios.com [45.79.71.79]) (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 C13F62340B6 for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2017 20:28:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 30185 invoked from network); 15 Jan 2017 20:28:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO assp2.obsidian-studios.com) (wlt@::ffff:127.0.0.1) by ::ffff:127.0.0.1 with ESMTPA; 15 Jan 2017 20:28:51 -0000 X-Assp-Version: 2.5.3(16294) on assp2.obsidian-studios.com X-Assp-ID: assp2.obsidian-studios.com m1-12131-02068 X-Assp-Session: 37869BB08C0 (mail 1) X-Assp-Envelope-From: wlt-ml@o-sinc.com X-Assp-Intended-For: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org X-Assp-Server-TLS: yes Received: from unknown ([fdbe:bad:a55:0:1::211] helo=wlt.localnet) by assp2.obsidian-studios.com with SMTPSA(TLSv1_2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256) (2.5.3); 15 Jan 2017 12:28:50 -0800 From: "William L. Thomson Jr." To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Formally have Council oversee the Foundation 2.0 Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 15:28:49 -0500 Message-ID: Organization: Obsidian-Studios, Inc. User-Agent: KMail/5.3.3 (Linux/4.7.5-gentoo; KDE/5.28.0; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: <1604622.bZRWYHrp25@pinacolada> <98230e5a-36ed-283a-2d5d-a62c2901808e@gentoo.org> 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 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1650908.nequobKkJs"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: d156d9c6-b5cd-4708-a675-216c9572b293 X-Archives-Hash: 7c07fef89fb037995c84c0aecd30e0c7 --nextPart1650908.nequobKkJs Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On Saturday, January 14, 2017 8:16:58 PM EST Rich Freeman wrote: > > Honestly, saying that the Trustees legally have authority over the > Council is a bit like saying that the MPAA legally has authority over > anybody downloading torrents.=20 The Council does not exist from a legal perspective. It has no legal=20 authority. Only Trustees can represent the Foundation legally. The Council would have a hard time even retaining legal representation as t= hey=20 have no legal status. =2D-=20 William L. Thomson Jr. --nextPart1650908.nequobKkJs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EABECAB0WIQTEeldqZjmVut8bVHJNcbKkg6ozUAUCWHvbgQAKCRBNcbKkg6oz UL70AJ9YuUnKjaVc6+uZNFODwSnmJPxvnACgoGXkbYaONR1gd+re/DB21+6lgLo= =oH9L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1650908.nequobKkJs--