[Foundation-l] The foundations of the Wikimedia Foundation (was: Wikimedia Council)

[Thomas Dalton]

> I think we might have a different idea of Final Authority. With me,
> the Final Authority is the one that can rebuild the whole thing from
> scratch without needing the cooperation of other bodies. I think that
> the parliament can do this, if with a broad majority maybe, by
> rewriting laws etc. But I am not enough introduced apperently to the
> French constitution, so let's leave it here. The main point is not the
> comparison, but the idea behind it and the relationships within the
> Foundation.

In many jurisdictions, such a final authority doesn't exist. I'm not
sure about France, but the US is very careful about "Separation of
Powers", meaning there is no one person with absolute power over
everything.