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[Travis McCrea <me AT travismccrea.com>]

Which is what I said in my last email: If we were establishing a legal entity 
for OpenNIC (an actual OpenNIC organization) then yes, we would want to 
establish it somewhere not in the United States (probably Switzerland or 
Norway). 

This, however, is not the "OpenNIC Organization" it's simply the OpenNIC Fund 
which is used to promote and help OpenNIC but is not opennic itself... if 
that makes sense.

kbenjamin Coplon wrote:
> might making the organization not in the US protect us from some censorship?
>
> On 12/4/12, Travis McCrea <me AT travismccrea.com> wrote:
>> Right, if we were establishing a legal entity to operate OpenNIC as --
>> perhaps that shouldn't be in the United States, however, what we are 
>> talking
>> about here is a fundraising mechanism and not a legal entity to operate
>> OpenNIC.
>>
>> Also http://kopimism.me/about is now working.
>>
>> Our website is hosted on github pages, our faith believes in sharing and
>> culture. OpenNIC is nearly an embodiment of what we stand for, a
>> decentralized network that allows us to operate different services freely
>> without oppressive governments stopping us.
>>
>> Pretty much everything in kopimism is based in science, we just have a very
>> spiritual connection to sharing and internet culture. Since everything is a
>> remix, you are a remix of your parents and your website is remix of the
>> combined knowledge and experiences that the designer(s) have gained
>> throughout their lifetime... it doesn't seem counter-science to have a
>> spiritual connection to it.
>>
>> Think of it closer to buddhism or another non-entity based religion, 
>> instead
>> of comparing it to a deism based religion.
>>
>> Aaron J. Angel wrote:
>>> On 12/04/2012 10:44 AM, nanashiRei wrote:
>>>> Am 04.12.2012 16:28, schrieb Aaron J. Angel:
>>>>> I don't see this working since OpenNIC is not a registered
>>>>> organization.  As such, OpenNIC cannot transact its own business in the
>>>>> US.
>>>> Do it have to be registered in the US? I mean go figure out which sunny
>>>> island provides for the best model and setup camp there. It's not
>>>> uncommon to do this. Not to get around paying taxes, just to literally
>>>> shut up those capitalists. Isla de Muerte, ahoi!
>>> Well, no.  You're absolutely right.  Is there a foreign entity that
>>> already exists and is the church willing to form a relationship with
>>> it?  And, to be fair, seeking exemption under 501(c)(3) is mostly about
>>> not paying taxes.
>>>
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