Tom Chance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have no idea how they expect that to sit properly with the groups they re= > ach=20 > out to. Joi Ito, the chair of the iCommons board, told everyone at the final > session of iSummit 06: go and *make* money, don't just look for grants and= > sponsors!
If that was an official statement, I think iCommons exceeded its powers and (AIUI) that puts its charitable status at risk. > Given the number of commercial groups involved with iCommons I really doubt > they're going to start enforcing any non-commercial rule across the=20 > community. I suspect, based on the irc conversation we had this morning [1], > that they will look at revising those objects. The newsletter should=20 > certainly be safe! > [1] http://wiki.icommons.org/index.php/ICCC_Meeting The impression I got from cabell (who seems to be a cc counsel http://www.creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/5421 ) was that the Objects are non-negotiable, but I'll be happy if it's not so. Regards, -- MJ Ray - personal email, see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Work: http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ irc.oftc.net/slef Jabber/SIP ask _______________________________________________ fc-uk-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/fc-uk-discuss
