Hi all,
My comments: On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 12:53 PM, John Crisp <[email protected]>wrote: > On 06/04/13 06:16, Daniel Rose wrote: > > On 06/04/13 09:54, Nuno Rafael Gomes wrote: > > >> > >> Do you (Developers, Contributors, Users of SME Server) think we need > >> some kind of formal/legal organization? > >> > >> If Yes, WHY? Please name your reasons. > >> > > > > Nope. Perhaps for limited liability for the developers/distributors in > > case a BadThing happens, but I don't see any possible way that it helps > > me, except that perhaps the donations might be tax-free. I can't see > > that as likely, so I don't see how it benefits anyone else. > > Having an 'Inc' does a couple of things psychologically. > > 1. We (collectively) have actually ACHIEVED > something organizationally (aside from coding) here and now. > 2. Sends a signal to others that WE CAN agree on something, AND implement > it. > 3. Shows businesses WE MEAN BUSINESS. Totally agree with the above John's arguments. I will add the following to the "psychological side": 4. Shows other people that, besides producing great software, we also BELIEVE in it. 5. Shows other people and businesses that they can TRUST ON OUR ECOSYSTEM. 6. Will trigger a POSITIVE MOVEMENT around the SME Server Ecosystem. Regards, -- Nuno Rafael Gomes
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