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["Aaron J. Angel" <thatoneguy AT aaronjangel.us>]

On 11/12/2012 04:20 PM, mike wrote:

> >>> If Open Nic is a non-organisation, a kind of anarchistic group
> >>> that does formally not exist (no legal body) and where we do
> >>> not know the decision procedure, it is more difficult to
> >>> cooperate.
>
> Unless someone can come up with a better description, the best
> definition that I have come to understand is that OpenNIC, as it
> stands, is a "Voluntary Association" style of a "Collective". Such
> entities have well established and well understood legal standing.

That may be about as close as you can get, although the vocabulary may
be different depending on location.  Well-established and
well-understood, I might dispute, considering that laws differ between
various countries, states, provinces, cities, etc., and OpenNIC doesn't
have a 'home' in that respect.