Hey Folks,
On Thu, 2006-07-20 at 14:29 -0400, Tom Morris wrote: > There's been some talk of formalizing the organization of the ArgoUML > project and each of these topics would be critically important in that > context, but they're also relevant to our current project structure. > > Tom I found a good article on the O'Reilly Netowrk called "How to Build a Nonproit for your Community". It is targeted on open source projects that want to legally formalize their community. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2005/04/28/nonprofits.html The article points out that the first thing you need to do is raise money, and suggests setting up a PayPal account. For starters, one of the more trustworthy ArgoUML developers could set up an account and publish the deposits to the account. ;-) As a side note, I think it might be nice to publish the donors names, unless they want to remain anonymous for some reason. At at the end of the article, a reader mentions what could be a great solution for ArgoUML. It is the Software Freedom Conservancy, http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/ , a non-profit organization that provides free legal services for open source projects. Their services include non-profit setup as well as advice on IP law. Here is an short article about the Conservancy http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/02/2029203&tid=147 . The organization is a project of the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), directed by Eben Moglen, who seems to be one of the world’s leading experts on copyright law as applied to software. The SFLC provides legal representation and other law-related services to protect and advance Free and Open Source Software. The SFLC website is http://www.softwarefreedom.org/. If the ArgoUML project owners consent, I would be happy to make an inquiry on behalf of ArgoUML. cheers, roy --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
