Kent and all,
Kent Crispin wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 10:04:24PM -0400, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law
>wrote:
> > I don't follow this.
> >
> > In the US, a partnership has "legal existence" even if there is no
> > partnership document. Even with many partners. Ditto for unincorporated
> > associations, some joint ventures, and so on.
> > What then is the measure of "legal existence"? Heck, even a family has
> > "legal existence" for certain purposes.
>
> You are the lawyer. What kind of legal record would you accept as
> proof that an organization exists? Note that there are other
> criteria besides my very loose term "legal existence" -- it has to
> be a non-commercial *organization* (whatever that means), as well.
>
> [...]
> >
> > Membership is a tricky question. I agree that it is important to prevent
> > sham groups.
>
> Indeed, that is my primary concern -- some kind of *objective*
> criteria that discriminates against sham groups.
You mean like PAB and POC?
>
>
> [...]
> > > > This seems biased against small (>50) membership groups.
> > >
> > > With 12 people and the rule you propose I could come up with 100
> > > organizations in a week, all with a real membership. How do you
> > > propose we prevent that?
> >
> > Fair question, albeit one that is currently hypothetical and thus perhaps
> > not of immediate priority?
>
> To the contrary. Bitshift.org is, I claim, is likely just such a
> sham organization. What set of objective criteria do you propose to
> eliminate it?
How is Bitshift, a very new organization, likely to be a sham organization?
What justifies such a charge?
>
>
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