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by monochromatic 3814 days ago
> The domain is currently registered in the name of X.Org Foundation LLC, which the foundation dissolved when forming the 501(c)3 organization.

How is it even vaguely possible that there's no paperwork assigning all assets of X.Org Foundation LLC to the 501(c)(3)?

Where is the lawyer who handled this for them?

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There's something odd mentioned right here: http://www.x.org/wiki/BoardOfDirectors/ActionItems/

> We lost 501(c)(3) status because the tax returns for the last 3 years didn't get filed on time. This was a surprise(...)

> Thanks to the SFLC we have re-gained our 501(c)(3) status.

Gaining or losing 501(c)(3) status does not affect the legal personhood of your organization.
...but it does say something about the organization of the organization.