Happy to know about the commercial support for kubuntu. Thanks for all who are behind this. On 03-Sep-2013 7:31 PM, "Jonathan Riddell" <[email protected]> wrote:
> ----- Forwarded message from Niall McCarthy <[email protected]> > ----- > > Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 10:15:49 +0100 > Subject: Please forward to the Kubuntu Council > From: Niall McCarthy <[email protected]> > To: Jonathan Riddell <[email protected]>, > Tariq Fayaz <[email protected]> > > Hi Jonathan, > > I'm delighted that we've finally got the commercial Kubuntu support > offering under way. It feels like such a long time since we first spoke! > > Some points for the council to discuss please: > > a) We currently have no engagement contract in place with Kubuntu. I > think > it is always wise to have a contract in place. With your permission, > Emerge Open will get a contract drafted for your review over the coming > months. The contract will be published under Creative Commons. > > b) Emerge Open is a not-for-profit who's mission is to provide > sustainable > funding for Open Source Communities. If you do anything for us please > emphasize this point. > > c) As you are aware Emerge Open's support service is currently > outsourced > to WithSupport Ltd. We've been delighted with our relationship with > WithSupport for the last year and have found them highly professional > and > skilled. However, if the Kubuntu Community is unhappy with the quality > of > commercial support it is receiving then it can request that Emerge Open > changes its support partner. This process will have to be fleshed out in > contract. In short, the Kubuntu Community retains its right to choose. > > d) The Kubuntu commercial support will not be the only source of funding > you will receive from Emerge Open. In the very near future, all profits > from any IT Service provision will be pushed directly into Community. > This > will be on a trial basis for the moment and it does not relate to > profits > that Emerge Open will make from similar relationships we may have with > other Communities. The money will be split evenly between our Community > partners (currently, Kubuntu is the only one, but that is likely to > change > soon). Please bear in mind that we're a start up so IT Services profits > are going to be thin on the ground for a while :) > > e) Emerge Open provides Recruitment services. Revenue from the > recruitment > services will be used to pay our staff, to finance business growth and > to > create a fund for larger investments in Community. The recruitment > services are explicitly separate from IT services. We publish some > vacancies (http://www.emerge-open.biz/#!jobs/cw67) and Kubuntu can also > attract contributions through this mechanism as explained on the > website. > > f) Emerge Open directors cannot be paid a dividend and the business > cannot > be sold for private gain. Director's pay is published here: > http://www.emerge-open.biz/#!being-open/cy29 > > Please have no hesitation in contacting me should you have any > questions. > > Best regards, > > Niall > > -- > Niall McCarthy > Tel: +44 (0)203 0510129 > Web: www.emerge-open.biz > "Genius is 99% Collaboration and 1% Inspiration" > > -- > kubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel >
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