No business purpose or limited business purpose are two very different things. With no business purpose partners and associates are effectively prevented from entering into contracts in the name of the partnerhip in pursuit of its business purpose. With limited business purpose there is the potential that partner A enters into contract with third party B thus binding the partnership and all its members. If we intend to do _some commercial activity then I would suggest, for simplicity, that such acts be undertaken after forking/splitting. I.e. the partnership does not engage in commerce, but certain partners, or partnerships to be formed later could - assuming the partnership agreement permits forking for commercial purposes (which i recommend) Thus a free engine produced by the OK partnership, and support via a different business entity. This is the best way to avoid liability: remember, partners are absolutely liable for all acts of a partner committed in pursuit of the partnerships objectives - which is why we limit the business purposes quite severely. Such a limitation also prevents later coup/takeover problems. That said, if you want to form a second profit oriented partnership you can. That may seem premature, but sort of depends on your business purposes. If you want to make money selling support/training/books etc, ok but use a different business vehicle to do so - for the reasons outlined above. ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
