On 5/26/06, Delirium delirium@hackish.org wrote:
Erik Zachte wrote:
Erik Moeller:
"We also need to take into account laws that might be relevant to our
website operations.
This is esp. true, unfortunately, in developing countries. There may also be critical variations across US states."
This would indeed be a complicating factor, if the web server would fall under the jurisdiction of the country that hosts the main office. Not sure if that would necessarily be the case. Maybe depends on which country we choose?
That could be avoided by not really having a "main office" in the traditional sense, but just offices where and when (and if) they're needed. St. Petersburg could remain the place of incorporation of the Foundation and its official mailing address, while actual physical offices can be opened as needed. If there's a lot of work in Africa necessitating some local physical presence, we could have a Nairobi office, and it could be much bigger than the St. Petersburg office. What's designated "main office" is more a legal formality; there's no need for us to have one giant office in which everything takes place and designate it "Wikimedia World Headquarters".
/me *nods*
Exactly. Go with the needs.
Delphine