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#269
Originally Posted by shawnjefferson View Post
I don't know why so many people are worked up about potential illegal actions... For one thing, why would the GA even vote on doing something illegal? For another, a board member can just refuse to do something illegal, or step down. However, I highly doubt that we will ever be in a position where the GA votes to do something illegal and those options need to be taken.
Just one example:

Imagine the community (passive members) tell council: "we want firmware images posted on an official[*] server"
[*] = official as in: controlled/managed by Maemo e.V.

This would be desirable (i.e. something you *might* expect to be wanted by the community) yet illegal.
 

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