I am raising the issues with ELC members. Let's see what the responses will be. Thanks. Bao -- Bao C. Ha, President voice: (678) 467-9415 Hacom, Internet & Web Services http://www.hacom.net Linux/Unix Consulting/Training http://www.masteringlinux.com Primary Perpetrator of "Slackware Linux Unleashed" ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 11:33:04 -0500 (EST) From: Bao C. Ha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW: [Leaf-devel] Fwd: ELC open source project membership (fwd) I apologize if this has already been discussed and decided. I am forwarding the following which has been also sent to the elc-general list. I am on the LEAF mailing list. You may know LEAF (Linux Emebedded Appliance Firewall, http://sourceforge.net/projects/leaf/) better by its parent name, the Linux Router Project or LRP (http://www.linuxrouter.org/). The question was raised there about the inclusion of open-source projects in the ELC roster. Many of us probably will appear as NC members. But we think certain mature and succesful open-source projects should be recognized by ELC. The following are just some of the thoughts floating around in the LEAF project. Best regards. Bao -- Bao C. Ha, President voice: (678) 467-9415 Hacom, Internet & Web Services http://www.hacom.net Linux/Unix Consulting/Training http://www.masteringlinux.com Primary Perpetrator of "Slackware Linux Unleashed" -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Noyes Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 4:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Leaf-devel] Fwd: ELC open source project membership Everyone, I just sent this message to the Embedded Linux Consortium elc-general list. Hopefully, they will implement some of my suggestions. Comments? >X-Authentication-Warning: mail.ausit.com: majordomo set sender to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] using -f >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 >Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 11:57:22 -0800 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: ELC open source project membership >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Problem: >Current bylaws effectively exclude open source embedded Linux projects >from joining the ELC. Open Source Projects don't generate revenue. They >may garner donations and sponsors, but they don't generate money like a >company does. The $1000 dollar CA membership is beyond the reach of almost >all projects. To demonstrate the problem take a look at the current CA >members and tally the number of projects. NC membership isn't a solution >either, because of the single person rule. > >Short term proposals: >Encourage NC members to create affiliate pages at their project with the >ELC Member logo. The text accompanying the logo would indicate which >project developers are members of the ELC. I believe this doesn't violate >the current ELC rules. > >Facilitate corporate sponsorship/donation of an "ELC NC Member" booth at >conferences. This will allow multiple projects to exhibit their software >without diluting the main ELC booth's purpose. This also avoids the ELC >footing the bill for the booth. I believe this is similar to what happens >with Debian and the Open Source pavilion areas at current conferences. > >Long term proposal: >Create a new member category for open source embedded Linux projects. >I recommend that barrier to entry for the new category be higher than the >current NC membership, but significantly lower than the CA membership. >Waivers should be allowed for projects that are significant contributors >to the advancement of embedded Linux solutions. > >Your suggestions and comments are welcome. Thanks for taking the time to >read this. > >-- >Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >http://leaf.sourceforge.net/ > > > >The elc-general discussion list > >Send a blank e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to recieve a help file -- Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://leaf.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel You are recieving this e-mail from The elc-members discussion list of which you are a member for info see http://www.embedded-linux.org/email.php3 _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
