CR, This looks great!
The sponsor must also be able to communicate in English or a language that a volunteer translator can provide intermediary services into English. Technically speaking, the majority of tech firms are anti- environmental, but we'll gloss that over because I don't think it's solvable. Martin, On Sat, 2017-11-04 at 18:09 +0000, C R wrote: > Hey all. As requested of me at the board meeting, I've typed up a > "common sense" draft of what I think is in-line with the project's > purpose and goals. > > I thought about all the ways I could think of that a sponsor could > make the project look bad with their actions, so here's the result: > > Sponsorship Requirements: > > The Inkscape project was founded to serve a world-wide community of > artists, hobbyists, designers, scientists, engineers, and people > everywhere by providing free and open source software (FLOSS) tools > for vector graphics production. Since our sponsorship offerings > include the service of exposure on our website, we require that all > sponsors meet the following criteria to ensure a mutual compatibility > with the spirit of the Inkscape Project. Thus to qualify for > sponsorship, a sponsor must be: > > > 1. A Legal, Law-Abiding Business - Must be registered as a business, > pay taxes, and maintain a good standing with their customer base, and > the country(s) in which they do business. > > 2. Politically Neutral - Our community is vast, and serves users from > all walks of life and political views. The Inkscape Project does not, > and therefore must not be seen to support one any particular ideology > (beyond that of our belief in the essential software freedoms), and > thus can not accept support from organisations of a political or > religious nature. > > 3. Supportive of User Freedoms - A sponsor must not have a history of > abusing user freedoms. This includes the sale of and promotion of > proprietary software as part of the sponsor's core business, which we > consider incompatible with the project's goals of user freedom. > > 4. Supportive of the Environment and the Future - The Inkscape > Project > can not accept donations from companies which promote the destruction > of the environment. This includes companies which fund climate change > denialism, anti-science groups, and members of the tobacco and fossil > fuel industries. > > 5. Supportive of Equal Rights, Free Speech and Gender Equality - A > sponsor must not fund groups which seek to deny the rights and > freedoms of others based on gender, race, creed, religion (or lack > thereof), or sexual preference. > > If a sponsor is found at odds with any of these essential > compatibility points, the Inkscape Project reserves the right to pull > the sponsor from our website, at which point a prorated refund of the > donation amount will be returned to the sponsor. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-board mailing list Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board
