Gentoo loses charter; Robbins offers to return

Posted Jan 14, 2008 16:47 UTC (Mon) by pr1268 (guest, #24648)
Parent article: Gentoo loses charter; Robbins offers to return

Okay, I'm confused. How exactly did Gentoo lose its charter? According to the article it was "revoked". Who revoked it? Under whose/what authority? Thanks!

Gentoo loses charter; Robbins offers to return

Posted Jan 14, 2008 16:56 UTC (Mon) by i3839 (guest, #31386) [Link] (1 responses)

For the clueless among us, what exactly is a "charter" and what does it mean if you lose it?

Gentoo loses charter; Robbins offers to return

Posted Jan 14, 2008 17:16 UTC (Mon) by evgeny (guest, #774) [Link]

I thought it was a typo (char[ac]ter)...

Gentoo loses charter; Robbins offers to return

Posted Jan 14, 2008 17:22 UTC (Mon) by yokem_55 (subscriber, #10498) [Link]

The State Of New Mexico (Who issued the charter) requires certain paperwork to be filed in a
timely manner.  The Gentoo Foundation Trustees failed to file said paperwork, and the state
revoked the charter.