Xfce Foundation status

[Jannis Pohlmann]

On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:40:13 +0200
Jannis Pohlmann <jannis at xfce.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:31:39 +0200
> Fabian Nowak <timystery at arcor.de> wrote:
> 
> > Am Samstag, den 16.10.2010, 12:29 +0200 schrieb Jon:
> > > On Thursday 14 October 2010 21:56:21 Jannis Pohlmann wrote:
> > > > > "Foundation" also seems to be quite common as part of the name
> > > > > regardless of the concrete legal entity, so it probably is a
> > > > > good choice as long as there is no German law preventing that.
> > > > 
> > > > I'm pretty sure there's no such law. The LXDE Foundation is a
> > > > German e.V. as well. And yes, in informal contexts one can leave
> > > > out the "e.V.".
> > > 
> > > Yes, that would not be a problem. We could not name it e. g. Xfce
> > > GmbH e. V. as "GmbH" is a proper legal form in Germany.
> > > "Foundation" however, is not.
> > 
> > Naming the e.V. "Xfce Foundation" results in not being able to
> > raise a foundation for Xfce that would be named "Foundation". 
> 
> I seriously doubt that anyone would ever want to create a SECOND
> non-profit organization for the same purpose. So this argument is
> irrelevant.

Ok, sorry, it's not entirely irrelevant. But there will be no need to
create a Stiftung (or a "real" foundation) for Xfce, really. So we
don't need to worry about that I think.

  - Jannis
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