On Monday May 17 2010 12:22:04 Anders Logg wrote: > That might be a good option. We could use an already existing > organization instead of inventing and maintaining it ourselves in the > same spirit as the move to Launchpad.
Exactly. > Both Mercurial and Boost are listed which is a good indication. I also > found Eben Moglen in the board of directors. > > A couple of things remain unclear: > > 1. I couldn't find any clear description of who controls the funds. It > just says 'project' but there are many of us so it might sometimes be > unclear who speaks for the project. That might be a problem _we_ need to solve before we approach such an organisation? > 2. Can we also assign domain names to the conservancy? I do not know. I suggest writing an email to them. Johan > -- > Anders > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:53:20AM -0700, Johan Hake wrote: > > The Software Freedom Conservancy > > > > <http://sfconservancy.org> > > > > might be an alternative. It seems like an organisation that take care of > > at least some of the things you mention. > > > > <http://sfconservancy.org/overview> > > > > Several opens source projects use its service. The most noteable: > > Samba, Mercurial, SWIG, Boost, BusyBox, Wine > > > > Johan > > > > On Sunday May 16 2010 13:46:01 Anders Logg wrote: > > > At FEniCS'10, we discussed the possibility of setting up a FEniCS > > > Foundation. The purpose would be to have a more formal organization > > > > > > that would be responsible of the following items: > > > 1. Owning the domain name(s) > > > > > > 2. Having some funds > > > > > > 3. Distribute the funds (workshops, domain names etc) > > > > > > The other option would be to continue with our current ad hoc > > > organization which has worked fine so far. > > > > > > If we decide to set up a foundation, I can arrange the paperwork. It > > > doesn't look so complicated. I'll get back with more information if we > > > decide this is a good idea. > > > > > > So I'd like to ask everyone to state their opinion. Is this a good > > > idea? Or not. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~fenics Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~fenics More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
