Re: Mauritius Internet Foundation?

From: S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com>
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2016 23:58:29 -0800

Hi Ajay,
At 23:43 02-01-2016, Ajay R Ramjatan wrote:
>I'll share some information regarding a restriction we've
>encountered while registering the "Linux User Group Meta
>(Mauritius)" as an association in 2009. Turns out we were originally
>called the "Mauritius Linux User Group" when we started as a mailing
>list around year 2000. We had difficulties registering ourselves
>with the word "Mauritius" in the name because according to
>government policies, this might cause confusion that the
>company/body/association is state-ran. Previously it was our
>understanding that it was a problem only if the word "Mauritius" was
>the first word of the name, such as "Mauritius Linux User Group". We
>offered "Linux User Group of Mauritius" which was also denied. I do
>not know if policies have changed since.

Thanks for sharing the above.

The name of the group is already listed in some government
documents. I believe that it is worthwhile to have "Mauritius" in
the name as some of us are volunteering our time and effort for as we
believe that it would be beneficial to the public in
Mauritius. There are associations in the "IT" sector which are not
state-run and they have been allowed to use the word "Mauritius" in
their names.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy
Received on Sun Jan 03 2016 - 08:02:15 PST