[Wikipedia-l] Read only mirror in Paris & French law non profit organisation

[Jimmy Wales]

Yann Forget wrote:
> Following my demand, the Ouvaton cooperative has offered to host a
> read only mirror of the French Wikipedia with a budget of 1000 euros
> for a year in hardware and bandwidth. For that it is necessary that
> a non profit organisation to be set up in France.

Can you explain why a nonprofit organization set up in France is
necessary for this?  Can we not just accept the offer as we are right
now, without the overhead, expense, and risk of a separate
organization?

--Jimbo