>You really don't want non-profits filing patents. Really.

>This is pretty much the most horrible thing i can think of.

>It's infinitely easier to keep them from going bad (Example:

>MPEG-LA) if you can make their corporate bylaws, etc,

>prevent them from filing patents.

? Non-profits are corporations. They have by-laws. They also have several advantages over for-profits in the case of dissolution; eg, you can set up a non-profit so that the IP they hold is not simply sold to the highest bidder.

FTR, Xiph.Org is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit, and we hold patents.