On behalf of Ralf Becker, Pim Snel, Miles Lott: The administrative staff have been discussing again recently ways to protect the name eGroupWare in addition to establishing some sort of official structure via association or incorporation. The latter is not such a popular idea and is perhaps a bit extreme. Also, it was felt that joining the FSF might be complicated if not impossible.
The Software Freedom Conservancy and the Software Freedom Law Center are two closely-affiliated organizations which are setup specifically to provide all the benefits of a corporate entity as well as legal protection to opensource projects. We are considering becoming members of both organizations as a project. Samba and Wine are two examples of other projects who have become members of the conservancy, so we would be in good company. The Conservancy provides for a corporate structure without our having to incorporate on our own. The SFLC is there to provide pro-bono (free) legal advice and perhaps representation. Please take a few minutes to review the following websites and let us know what you think. As an open project, we would like to hear from our core group especially for such a big decision. Our membership would not be automatic, i.e. there would be a review process. But, I had attempted to start these discussions several months ago, at which time they expressed their interest in having us as a member project. We would like to begin the process no later than the beginning of next week if there are no complaints. Please reply to the list or, if you like, to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Freedom Conservancy: http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/ Software Freedom Law Center: http://www.softwarefreedom.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ eGroupWare-core mailing list eGroupWare-core@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/egroupware-core
