On 9 Jun 2011, at 19:47, Simon Brouwer wrote:

> Anyway, I think it is high time that TDF be made a foundation proper. Suppose 
> Oracle had considered donating the OpenOffice.org trademarks and copyrights 
> to TDF. How could it be the recipient of such a donation if it didn't exist 
> as a legal entity?

Really easily. Either the current legal entity by which TDF will be 
incorporated, Freies Office Deutschland eV, could accept the donation, or the 
US agent retained by them, Software in the Public Interest (SPI) could accept 
it on their behalf (as will still be the case once TDF is incorporated - TDF 
will not need a US subsidiary in order to accept donations, because of SPI).

Time for this "does not exist" meme to end, it is baseless and it is unhelpful 
to perpetuate it after so many people have explained that fact.

S.


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