Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

sm-discuss - Re: [SM-Discuss] Non-profit org or not

sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Public SourceMage Discussion List

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: Jaka Kranjc <smgl AT lynxlynx.info>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Non-profit org or not
  • Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:48:00 +0100

On Friday 13 of March 2009 08:14:11 Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik wrote:
> So it has come up in sourcemage-admin and SM-admin as well[0] that we
> are going to be becoming a non-profit 501c3 eventually.
> Now the question is...
>
> Do we go through all the machinations ourselves(adding overhead to the
> PL and so on) or do we use the resources of the Software Freedom
> Conservancy[1] project.
>
> My own opinion is that we should go with the conservancy. They have a
> list of member projects among them: Samba, Wine, Boost to name a few.
The wine experience wasn't the best, as things took ages (you can read about
this in older WWNs). But it sounds good to me - why burden ourselves when we
can burden someone else?

It is also an opportunity to unify our copyrights (if so we desire).

LP
--
We cannot command nature except by obeying her. --Sir Francis Bacon
Have a sourcerous day! www.sourcemage.org

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part.




Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page