Re: Fwd: Draft of Proposal for the GNOME Foundation.

[Nat Friedman <nat helixcode com>]

kelly@poverty.bloomington.in.us writes:
> >But remember, this is all (at least, in my proposal) part of a
> >virtual global entity.  I don't see why it would be subject to any of
> >these laws.
> 
> A "virtual global entity" will have no tax advantages or ability to
> independently own property (including trademarks and copyrights).  If
> you want those advantages, you are going to have to play within the
> system.

I'm not trying to circumvent the system.  But we don't need tax
advantages in the virtual foundation if the VF doesn't handle money.
That can be paritioned off to non-profits which the VF advises.

Nat