-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/10/14 09:12, Edwin van Leeuwen via Digitalmars-d wrote: […] > An alternative is to join an umbrella organisation that has > experience setting up foundations for open source projects. To name > a couple: Software Freedom Conservancy (Boost), Software in the > Public Interest, and the Outercurve Foundation. As far as I > understand it these organisations will help you with the paperwork, > but you have full autonomy outside of that. > > See http://lwn.net/Articles/561336/ for some more > suggestions/ideas.
SCons used to have a USA-based foundation, but it lapsed. The various opinions sought indicate that reapplying would be too costly and too much of a burden. The current plan is to follow Buildbot and be a foundation under the umbrella of Software Freedom Conservancy. Thus this might be the best route for a D Foundation. I am writing this from memory rather than consulting the various email threads, so details lacking: there are some significant downsides to the Software Freedom Conservancy route, but the Buildbot folk decided it was worth it and this is a significant factor for SCons. I suspect SCons will be a member as soon as a couple of legal issues are resolved wrt cash and copyrights. - -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlQyW7wACgkQ+ooS3F10Be+dZwCghCdRKbW6MmgEN2plDzx0a3Fg eDgAoKa10Jl/6aJUZNx3RbBBiMYostyZ =Naq/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
