Congratulations on your ability to Google information that has always been public. I have little interest in talking to people who make false accusations of impropriety. When you grow up you'll understand.
On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 6:01 AM <calumlikesapple...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I respect your wishes, however misguided, to protect the anonymity of > your fellow board members Scott Miller, Oskar Sandberg, and Adam > Langley, and your undoubtedly distinguished secretary Steven Starr. > However, they and you should know that as a nonprofit corporation > registered in the United States, specifically Austin, Texas, their > names are not private information. > > You are making decisions with respect not simply to a community of > people who's only investment is time, but also to an actual, registered > corporation, EIN 95-4864038. You do not have the right to privacy in > making these decisions. You do not have the right to anonymity from > those who contribute cash to you. I am not qualified as a lawyer to > state what disclosures or decision making powers you owe to those who > fund you. > > I am, however, qualified to state that you do not get to hide in the > dark. Operating a corporation comes with some costs; among them, > accountability. Anyone can quite easily fine the EIN of The Freenet > Project Inc, and from there use the IRS's handy free tool located > here[1] to get to a nice data page with this information. > > [1]: https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/ > > I have uploaded a copy of the Freenet projects 2019 tax return to > Freenet[2]. Not Freenet Classic; in fact because I used the most > modern compression scheme in inserting it Freenet Classic will fail to > load this file. This is public domain information; you knew that when > you submitted it, because it said in nice bold letters that it was > "Open to public inspection" and that you should "not enter social > security numbers on this form". > > [2]: CHK@GkFzsiuQV8QB6R9t7du3lsFPk9NJB0GyhDQzHwn9EFc > ,pDW2x5PL6ett9a0mHLHvlqnhy73rEhQ4UVS8yU2yCmk,AAMC--8/954864038_201912_990EZ_2020101017366462.pdf > > You have the right to lie, and to obscure public information. What you > lack is the right for others not to release that information. I find > it very interesting that you claim to work 14 hours per week in service > of Freenet, when it seems that nobody can attest to you doing any work > at all. > > That's all. Sorry for nerco'ing the thread, but I've been pretty busy > for a while and thus wasn't aware of this occurring. > > Oh, and one more thing. As a proud member of the next generation, at > the noble young age of 19, I want to state, on the record, that I am > strongly opposed to this change. You're a Gen X'er. Only one step > above a boomer. And yet you claim to know what will be good for a > future that you have sabotaged? Our world is burning, people are > dying, and yet you seem to believe that because you started a project > before I was even born you have the right to rename it and force others > to do hours of work on your behalf? At least go to the effort of > updating your own Wikipedia page to clarify that, contrary to the > understanding of every person under the sun, "freenet" refers to to a > specific model of communication program but to a "mission statement". > > Statistically speaking, you will be dead before the 20-year horizon > you're so concerned about will come to pass. I'll still be here, > trying to clean up the mess you created through your narcissism in > beliveing that you have any rights over this project simply because you > hold the corporate presidency. Freenode is dead. Don't kill Freenet > too. > > Calum Morgan McConnell > Electrical and Computer Engineering Student > Lafayette College > > P.S. I'd include my address here, too, since I am pointing the world > to where yours can be found. But I haven't founded any corporations, > and I certainly haven't decided to skimp on paying for a PO Box rather > than just include the address to my 3 bedroom family home on the tax > returns. So you'll just have to hunt that information down yourself. > -- Ian Clarke Founder, The Freenet Project Email: i...@freenet.org <i...@freenetproject.org>
