Software Freedom Day

2006-08-16 Thread Ben Scott
Hi folks, I see that Software Freedom Day will be at the Hopkinton Library from 10 AM to 2PM on 16 Sep, and it will also be at the Nashua Library, but possibly not at the same time. Can someone who knows more about what we're planning let me in on it? If I get sufficient info, I'll create a p

Re: Incorporation under a different name

2006-08-16 Thread Ben Scott
On 8/16/06, Bill Sconce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Of course, there was the small matter of me saying "LLC". So I wrote to Ed to clarify, Bill Sconce wrote: The discussion was about Inc. Incorporating as GNHLUG, Inc. And Ed replied, On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:19:33 -0400 Home <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Incorporation under a different name

2006-08-16 Thread Ben Scott
Read the whole message before you reply. On 8/16/06, Jon maddog Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Likewise while I understand your suggestion of a different name for the organization, in order to protect both the name "GNHLUG" and "WEENIES", would cost close to double the money, time and effort.

Re: Incorporation under a different name

2006-08-16 Thread Bill Sconce
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:30:19 -0400 "Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/16/06, Bill Sconce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Every time the topic gets brought up, there are always some people > >> that say "Why incorporate?". > > > > Doesn't it make anyone a little uneasy that one of them

Re: Incorporation under a different name

2006-08-16 Thread Ben Scott
On 8/16/06, Python <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't think WHOIS actually comes into it, other than the fact that WHOIS is supposed to reflect DNS... :) whois works against the root servers. Your domain registrar is responsible for feeding the correct authoritative name servers into the roo

Re: Incorporation under a different name

2006-08-16 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Ben, Is it "Free Software" or is it "Open Source"? Many years ago an argument for calling it "Open Source" came up because of the business people thinking that "Free Software" was always gratis and that we needed to call it something else. After many years I think we were wrong, and we should

Re: Incorporation under a different name

2006-08-16 Thread Python
On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 15:15 -0400, Ben Scott wrote: > On 8/16/06, Cole Tuininga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> #2 - Delegation for gnhlug.org has to be changed before this offer is of > >>> any use. :) C'mon - like you folks have anything else to do? *grin* > >> > >> I thought I did that last

Re: Incorporation under a different name

2006-08-16 Thread Ben Scott
On 8/16/06, Cole Tuininga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: #2 - Delegation for gnhlug.org has to be changed before this offer is of any use. :) C'mon - like you folks have anything else to do? *grin* I thought I did that last week?! Is something not working? Sorry, while it's in the NS records f

Re: Incorporation under a different name

2006-08-16 Thread Cole Tuininga
On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 14:47 -0400, Bruce Dawson wrote: > Cole Tuininga wrote: > >#2 - Delegation for gnhlug.org has to be changed before this offer is of > >any use. :) C'mon - like you folks have anything else to do? *grin* > > > > > I thought I did that last week?! Is something not working?

Re: Incorporation under a different name

2006-08-16 Thread Bruce Dawson
Cole Tuininga wrote: >On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 15:47 -0400, Bill McGonigle wrote: > > >>On Aug 15, 2006, at 10:04, Jeffry Smith wrote: >> >> >> >>>For those who care, I have ownership of gnhlug.net and gnhlug.com, >>>domains and am willing to pass them over to Bruce/NHLW/GNHLUG/whoever >>>to co

Re: GNHLUG DNS remains impaired - typo on rogue, SERVFAIL from linux.codemeta.com

2006-08-16 Thread Bruce Dawson
Ben Scott wrote: > DNS is still broken in a few different ways. > > One, there is a typo in the /etc/named.conf file on rogue. The zone > for says the master server is 199.125.76.42. It should > be 199.125.75.42. Note that the third octet is 75, not 76. This > error is preventing rogue from

Re: Incorporation under a different name

2006-08-16 Thread Ben Scott
On 8/16/06, Bill Sconce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Every time the topic gets brought up, there are always some people that say "Why incorporate?". Doesn't it make anyone a little uneasy that one of them happens to be the only person we have on this list who can say "IAAL"? Eh? Are you ref

Re: Incorporation under a different name

2006-08-16 Thread Bill Sconce
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:34:28 -0400 "Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Every time the topic gets brought up, there are always some people > that say "Why incorporate?". Doesn't it make anyone a little uneasy that one of them happens to be the only person we have on this list who can say

Re: Incorporation under a different name

2006-08-16 Thread Bruce Dawson
Ben Scott wrote: > On the third hand: I have been told by real lawyers that if ones > does not take consistent action to protect a trademark, you loose your > trademark rights, and it becomes "generic". That would imply that to > protect the GNHLUG trademark, we would have to define formal terms

Re: Fearless leader

2006-08-16 Thread Ted Roche
On Aug 13, 2006, at 11:56 PM, Ben Scott wrote: I hereby nominate Ted Roche to be our new Fearless Leader/General Coordinator/GNHLUG Chairman/Cat Wrangler/etc. Ted, will you accept the nomination? Ben: Thanks very much for the nomination. Cliche that it is, I am honored you'd consider me

Re: Incorporation under a different name

2006-08-16 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Aug 15, 2006, at 16:41, Ben Scott wrote: If a nail salon in Berlin registers GNHLUG as its name tomorrow with the Secretary of State, that's it, game over. IANAL. Are you? ;-) No, but I know of some local businesses that have had to change their long-standing names when a new upstart