[maemo-developers] Google SoC 2008

[From: Darius Jack]

Thanks Quim for yopur explanation.
The problem is with Google calling projects organizations
and requesting so ad-hoc set-up organizations to provide Google with tax statement data.
I called Google, tried to contact its legal department
but the best way is to contact Larry Page informally as tax issue with Google SoC is serious legal problem.

So please tell me how maemo won status of legal entity under Google terms
and provided Google with tax statement as an organization ?

Ok. I managed one of the world's first virtual corporations in Texas, 18 years ago and virtual or real has been officially incorporated by the Governor of the State of Texas, so tax-exempted status was not an issue.

Google is messing registered associations with groups of people working without formal legal status, calling ad-hoc met people organizations.

Darius

quim.gil at nokia.com wrote: Hi, 

> I Don't know the legal status of maemo. It seams that it is quite
independent entity
> (at least in it's idea). Though Nokia is major sponsor, and currently
is hosting it.

"maemo" is legally a trademark and a domain name (maemo.org) registered
and maintained by Nokia. Formally it is not an organization, although
from a Nokia perspective we are separating it from Nokia/Nokia.com and
we are happy discussing any ideas to make it less Nokia dependant and
more community centric. 

> I guess that maemo participated in SoC as maemo, not as Nokia.

Exactly. When there weresome requests to try out the SoC last year, I
offered to go ahead submitting the proposal and being maemo contact
towards Google. I insisted all the time that this was transitional and
the community had to take this role to make the maemo at SoC participation
genuine, though.

Quim


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