> > there is any legal issue that prevent gnome to introduce a per-user revenue > model, or in other words commercial services over open source solutions?
Do you mean the following: + Support services that users can pay to the foundation? + Volunteers and foundation members paying a fee for access to infrastructure? Just wanted some clarification... On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Karen Sandler <ka...@gnome.org> wrote: > On 2014-02-14 16:39, Florian Müllner wrote: > >> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:27 PM, alex diavatis >> <alexis.diava...@gmail.com> wrote: >> there is any legal issue that prevent gnome to introduce a per-user >> revenue >> model, or in other words commercial services over open source solutions? >> >> Being a non-profit organization[0], I would assume so (but then I am >> not a lawyer). >> > > We are a 501(c)(3) organization, but that doesn't mean we can't ever > charge for services. Basically it's more of a matter of whether the income > is taxed or not, and to make sure that this kind of activity isn't a > substantial part of what we do. This is of course an over simplification, > but you can read more about the details in the part of the legal primer I > wrote when I was at SFLC: > > http://softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/foss-primer.html#x1-370003.5.3 > > Of course, no matter what we do it should always be to forward software > freedom and GNOME technologies :) > karen > > > >> [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501%28c%29_organization >> _______________________________________________ >> desktop-devel-list mailing list >> desktop-devel-list@gnome.org >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list >> > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list >
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