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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Fwd: Linux World Expo, NYC
From:       "Kurt Pfeifle" <kpfeifle () danka ! de>
Date:       2004-01-02 21:41:22
Message-ID: 3FF5E582.3070008 () danka ! de
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Mark Bucciarelli wrote:
> On Friday 02 January 2004 3:42 pm, Andreas Pour wrote:
> 
> > Mark Bucciarelli wrote:
> > 
> > > On Thursday 01 January 2004 8:33 am, Mirko Boehm wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hello Everybody,
> > > > 
> > > > this proposal just came in. It does not sound like sonething I would
> > > > want to do, but maybe the promo folks think it is a good idea?
> > > > 
> > > > In this case, please get in touch with him.
> > > 
> > > I will follow up with him.  I'm curious on the laptop specs ... :)
> > 
> > Please note that raffles are a form of "gambling" and hence have a number
> > of legal regulations, which must be strictly followed (including, for
> > example, publication of rules; an independent observer to the drawing;
> > etc., etc.) with not inconsequential penalties involved.
> > 
> > I would strongly recommend against this idea unless KDE gets a lawyer or
> > gets proper papers from a (non-tax-exempt) group which has had a similar
> > event in New York (not just the US, but New York in particular).
> 
> 
> Come on, people raffle stuff away at conferences all the time.  But I'll pass 
> your concerns on to the NYC Free Software Chamber of Commerce and the fellow 
> that offered the raffle in the first place.  (Haven't heard back from him 
> yet).
> 

That's what I see in Germany also.

> The Linux World contact has been non responsive on another query (about 
> collecting donations for a live CD we would like to distribute).
> 

We didn't ask, ever for such a thing. And we didn't meet
any "official" objecting, ever.

There is are 2 German sayings: "If you ask, expect a 'NO!'"
And: "Where there is no Plaintiff, there will be no Judge."

Cheers,
Kurt

 
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