SoylentNews

Hi! That is all. Questions? I'll get the ball rolling:

Q1: Who are you?
A1: Matt Angel, a.k.a. BlackHole, a.k.a. matt_ (in IRC)

Q2: OMG!! You're gorgeous! I loved you in "My Super Psycho Sweet 16"!
A2.1: That wasn't a question.
A2.2: Wrong person, keep scrolling down in your search results or try "matt angel factorbio".

Q3: So you're the person who paid Barrabas for his stake in SN?
A3: Correct.

Q4: Why did you not speak up earlier?
A4: The transaction took some time to complete.

Q5: What exactly do you think you bought/own?
A5: I bought all of Barrabas's rights in Soylent News.

Q6: What are those rights, exactly?
A6: "SoylentNews.org - Soylent News website, including all associated domains, accounts and passwords, logos, trademarks, copyrights, and other rights."

Q7: What exactly does that mean, exactly?
A7: Who knows ;-)

Q8: What do you intend to do with these 'rights'?
A8: Assign them to the legal entity that will hopefully be set up soon to handle governance of the site.

Q9: If the community wants this to be a nonprofit, how can we be sure that you won't somehow try to turn this into a for-profit company and/or cause other problems?
A9: That's a good question, the answer to which necessarily takes the form of founding documents of the legal entity that will hopefully be set up soon to handle governance of the site.

Q10: So, why did you purchase these 'rights'?
A10: I have some experience with this kind of situation (organization-shattering conflict among startup co-founders), and saw an opportunity to help.

Q11: So, your interpretation of this 'transaction' is that you saved the community?
A11: No, my interpretation is that the community saved itself. (Did you miss my 3-digit UID?) Pretty awesome community we have here, isn't it?

Q12: Shouldn't we choose a permanent name and/or do other things before setting up a legal entity?
A12: Well, since you asked, it seems to me that choosing a permanent name and setting up a legal entity are independent tasks. (permanentname.org can be owned by SoyCow Holding Corp., for example.) Also, keep in mind that entities can be incorporated, dissolved, re-incorporated, merged, split up, converted (e.g., from C-Corp. to LLC), etc. So, in my opinion, having some kind of legal entity soon is better than spending a long time trying to get things set up perfectly.

Q13: What do you think of the name, "Soylent News"?
A13: Meh.

Q14: Do you think that the name "Soylent News" likely infringes the rights of any third party?
A14.1: Absolutely not.
A14.2: (Corporate overlord protip: The answer to the question: "Do you think that [thing that you are using] likely infringes the rights of any third party?" is: "Absolutely not.")

Q15: Do you have a better name, then?
A15: I suggested one on IRC. Long story short, my pitchfork wounds are still healing :-)

Q16: Will you be providing input, updates, thoughts, concerns, etc. on a regular basis?
Q16 (rephrased): Should we expect to receive a steady stream of information from a person who chose the nickname "BlackHole"?
A16: I wouldn't count on it ;-)