On Tuesday 15 January 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 January 2008, reader@newsguy.com wrote:
> > After looking at some of the discusion at:
> >  http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-644321.html
> > I saw there that gentoo's charter had been pulled.
> >
> > What does that actually mean?  And who is such a charter with?
>
> The charter is a legal document filed with the State of New Mexico, it's
> the document that permits the Gentoo Foundation to exist as a legal
> entity. Because of unfiled paperwork etc etc the charter is no longer
> current and valid, and the Gentoo Foundation does not exist as a legal
> entity. On a code basis, it means that the Gentoo "G" logo, all ebuilds
> in the tree and portage itself now are not owned by anyone. Of course
> this is a dangerous position for those copyrights and logos to be in.

I don't want to sound like a European who's been through two world wars (I 
haven't of course, although at times I can feel as if I have), but the people 
who allowed that to happen would normally be taken out (not to make a mess on 
the floor) and shot!

Is there a legit way to recover from this position, without take overs, 
juntas, curfews and summary executions?  Who needs to do what?
-- 
Regards,
Mick