[Talk-GB] OSM leaving the UK?

[Edward Bainton]

I'm inclined to agree, though I think it's definitely a discussion worth
having.

I feel there are several discrete questions which, as presented in that
thread, have been rolled up:

1. Database rights: are these worth anything at all after the move? Are
they worth the more restrictive civil law regime we will be under (unless
in Ireland)?
2. Tax exemptions: What loss of autonomy are we prepared to accept in
exchange? Can we reverse-ferret, or is it forever?
3. Donor tax incentives: Ditto.
4. Ease of business (in English): Where can we go that reduces the drag as
much as possible?

There seem to be trade-offs everywhere:

   - For maximum autonomy I'd stay just as we are. Corporation tax is a
   small price to pay for near total freedom from regulation (and the
   situation is only likely to improve from that pov. Thanks, Rishi).
   - For minimum tax with similar autonomy I'd be an Estonian plc - but
   only if free trading of shares can be nixed (and OECD may come and poop the
   party in Tallinn pretty soon)
   - For best lobbying of the EU I'd be a Societas Cooperativa Europaea
   based in Brussels - but there's a sword of Damocles in automatic
   dissolution provisions if the coop strays outside the regulatory ambit.

I'm still mulling this over but I'm minded to ask if the Board will
disaggregate those questions and share their thinking so far on each.
Thoughts welcome.

Edward



On Fri, 2 Jul 2021 at 17:21, Dave F via Talk-GB <talk-gb at openstreetmap.org>
wrote:

> Unsure, but I'd like to see more valid reasoning than the ifs, coulds &
> maybes presented by Guillaume
>
> DqveF
>
> On 02/07/2021 13:59, Edward Bainton wrote:
>
> So the benefit is nugatory?
>
> On Fri, 2 Jul 2021 at 13:27, Dave F via Talk-GB <talk-gb at openstreetmap.org>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 02/07/2021 10:36, Paul Norman via Talk-GB wrote:
>> >
>> > Database rights in the EU are more useful than in the UK because they
>> > cover more countries.
>>
>> OSM is global.
>>
>> DaveF
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