Thanks a lot, that's quite more explicit ! --yagraph
2010/6/3 Dave Crossland <[email protected]> > On 3 June 2010 19:12, Camille Bissuel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You seem to know the subject... Can you be a little more explicit, in > which > > organization is doing what ? > > I don't really get the difference between SFLC, SFI, SFC... it's seems > all > > the same... Can you say us which one can we use for what ? > > www.softwarefreedom.org > > The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) is a non-profit lawyer shop in > New York City. It was started 5 years ago by Eben Moglen, the FSF's > longtime lawyer. They represent _big_ free software projects directly, > like BusyBox and the GNU project, which have their own legal entities. > This gives independence but costs time and money. > > SFLC isn't relevant to the LGA because LGA is too small. > > conservancy.softwarefreedom.org > > SFLC set up another organisation, The Software Freedom Conservancy > (SFC) in 2006. The SFLC and SFC are legally separate organisations, > but the same people run them both. > > SFC is a non-profit "holdings group" for _small_ free software > projects that are too small for setting up their own legal entities. > Inkscape, for example. It means a group can take donations and spend > them with no administrative overhead costs, and small projects don't > need the independence possible with their own legal entity. Its based > in the USA. > > www.spi-inc.org > > Software in the Public Interest (SPI) was set up in 1997 to fund > Debian and other free software projects. It works very similarly to > the SFC. Its based in the USA but has partner organisations across the > world, making donations from outside the USA possible without PayPal > or Google CheckOut - www.spi-inc.org/donations#money > > HTH >
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