Hi Linus, I was just wondering if you have any news, good or bad, from the Software Freedom Conservancy.
BTW, congratulations to all ArgoUML developers on release 0.22. Thank you very much. cheers, roy On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 22:28 +0200, Linus Tolke wrote: > Hello Roy! > > > > I am optimistic but I have currently not yet any ground for neither > optimism nor pessimism. I have so far only received the following > standard response: > > > > Many thanks for your email, which will be forwarded to the > Conservancy's project evaluation committee. The committee will take a > look at the link you provided and possibly follow up with additional > questions as it familiarized itself with the project and conducts the > due diligence process. > > > > I agree that the idea behind the Software Freedom Conservancy looks > like just what we are looking for to solve this. > > > > When it comes to the community charter, I am also an optimist (always > an optimist). I think that we have already most of the community in > place and the purposes documented on the web site. We are not starting > from scratch. Exactly what is it that we don’t have? > > > > /Linus > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Roy Feldman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: den 22 juli 2006 12:53 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: RE: [argouml-dev] Formalizing the ArgoUML community > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Linus, > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 22:47 +0200, Linus Tolke wrote: > > > > I have contacted the Software Freedom Conservancy. I hope that > most of > > > > these problems can be solved that way, with as little > inconvenience to > > > > us as possible. > > > > > > How optimistic are you that they will accept ArgoUML? It would > seem > > > that if they do, it would solve a lot of problems for the ArgoUML > > > community. > > > > > > On paper, they look like a godsend. > > > > > > However, I agree with Tom that no third party organization is going > to > > > relieve the ArgoUML community from the hard work of establishing a > > > community charter. > > > > > > good luck, > > > > > > roy > > > > > > > > > > > /Linus > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Tom Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Sent: den 21 juli 2006 18:40 > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > Subject: RE: [argouml-dev] Formalizing the ArgoUML community > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the pointer to the article. It's good background, > but it > > > > seems > > > > > heavily focused on the money and the mechanics for a U.S.-based > > > > non-profit. > > > > > The are other very important, nay critical things, like coming > to > > > > common > > > > > agreement on a charter that don't even get mentioned. > > > > > > > > > > > If the ArgoUML project owners consent, I would be happy to > > > > > > make an inquiry on behalf of ArgoUML. > > > > > > > > > > I think it would be much more appropriate for one of the ArgoUML > > > > project > > > > > leaders to do that. There are a number of umbrella > organizations that > > > > > provide services like the Software Freedcom Conservancy. > > > > > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
