In a way that seems to be an uncomplicated way to handle stuff. I trust you guys, if you think that this might help easing the burdon of administration of such a flea circus as we may be one from time to time. If it helps to clear name rights and such legal stuff matters, it certainly seems to be a good idea. >From my point of view: proceed. Regards Klaus
"Miles Lott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
