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[Falk Husemann <josen AT paketsequenz.de>]

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Hello Travis,

Am 04.12.2012 13:07, schrieb Travis McCrea:
> The Kopimist Church of Idaho is willing to establish a fund for
> the OpenNIC Project which can be used for servers, marketing, or
> whatever the group decides. This would be a part of our missionary
> work to promote our values of free culture and an open internet.
> 
> We are a registered US 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, which means
> that we could do fundraising and we wouldn't have to go through the
> $500+ process of getting OpenNIC itself registered as a 501(c)3.

I like your idea of getting money to fund some Anycast IPs for OpenNIC.

But what I don't like is an official connection of the OpenNIC project
to a brand new church.

- - Churches are about believing, which has proven to not make reliable
sponsors for science
- - People not believing in Kopimism might feel left out
- - Monetary control of the project in the hands of religious outsiders

Also, I couldn't find your confession of faith on the Idaho website.
Maybe you can send me a link off-list, so I can learn some more?

And what I fear most people would think when OpenNIC is presented
publically:

Church sponsored global Internet Infrastructure sounds not like a
secular project leadership and more like shari'ah.

Greets,
Falk
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