Re: Q: Debian as a registered organization

gregor herrmann <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.vote
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sat, 21 Mar 2026 23:38:22 +0100, Thomas Goirand wrote:

>If we become a Foundation, this automatically means registered USA, 
>no? In France, we'd call it an "association", and Foundation feels 
>like USA.

That never came to my mind.

Adding a bit to the "Lost in translation (and jurisdiction)" game:

foundation (en) ~ Stiftung (de) ~ fondation (fr)
association (fr) ~ Verein (de) ~ corporation under 501(c)(3) (en)

(And I guess these '~' are something between weak and wrong.)

>If we become a registered entity, it'd be a way more easy for 
>governments to get us accounted for. Even more in the case of a 
>USA-registered Foundation.

Luckily there are more jurisdictions than the US one to form an - ehm 
- organisation :)

And I agree that I wouldn't be happy to see Debian as a US-based 
organisation.


Cheers,
gregor

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