[Foundation-l] Relocation announcement

[Kat Walsh]

On 9/22/07, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 22/09/2007, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Could you elaborate? Are you saying that it should be, in some way,
> > obvious that London is a bad choice? In what way is that?
>
> As discussed interminably on some other list this very week, British
> defamation law is voracious and enthusiastic. Having WMF operating in
> a British jurisdiction, or keeping assets there, is pretty much an
> invitation for someone to sue us in a UK court - a situation where we
> might win but we would certainly suffer.

Indeed. Moving from one US state to another is relatively painless;
moving to the UK would have so many difficulties and considerations
attached (not least being adjusting to local laws) as to make it
unlikely to be a good choice.

> (Incidentally, the real key to this announcement strikes me as not
> "San Francisco versus New York", but "anywhere but suburban
> Florida"...)

And as usual Andrew nails it...

-Kat

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