+1. Great news. Nicolas.
> On 21 Jan 2015, at 20:22, Chris Barker <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote: > > +1 -- sounds great! > > > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Michael Droettboom <md...@stsci.edu> wrote: > Matplotlib > is a widely used, well regarded, and powerful visualization > library that has dominated the Python visualization stack for > over a decade. However, to maintain that position, matplotlib > must continue to evolve. Complementary or alternative > libraries are appearing at an increasing rate, including > browser-based plotting and GPU acceleration. To maintain its > leadership position for the next decade, Matplotlib must > interface with these alternatives while simultaneously > expanding its capabilities and becoming easier to use and > learn. > > > Matplotlib’s > large existing user base (greater than 50,000) means that new > developments need to be carefully balanced with maintaining > existing interfaces. With the large user and code base comes > a significant maintenance and user-support burden. These > responsibilities currently account for a majority of the > core-developer time spent on matplotlib and has resulted in > both the code base and community being in a healthier state > than ever before. Even 6 years ago there was no automated > testing to speak of and the number of contributors continues > to soar on github. However, this effort is, for the most part, > done on a volunteer basis in the nights and weekends of the > core developers. To go beyond this maintenance level—to make > step-change improvements for the benefit of matplotlib’s > users—will require funding for full-time developers. Inspired > and encouraged by the example of IPython, we would like to > begin the process of fundraising. > > > Managing > funding on the needed scale is a complex and time-consuming > process. Thankfully, NumFOCUS, a 501(c)3 charity organisation > co-founded by John Hunter, offers a fiscal sponsorship > agreement to minimize the administrative and legal burden on > open source projects. We would like to enlist NumFOCUS as our > agents in all legal and financial matters, including banking, > accepting donations as a non-profit, payroll, and access to > legal counsel. As part of the agreement, NumFOCUS would > charge a percentage of all funds raised to cover their costs. > The full text of the agreement is attached. > > > To > comply with the legal and accounting requirements of a > non-profit, matplotlib needs to form an administrative body to > interact with NumFOCUS and direct the disbursement of any > funds. The proposed initial members of the body, are myself > (Mike Droettboom), Eric Firing, Phil Elson, and Thomas > Caswell, with Thomas acting as the point of contact with > NumFOCUS. > > > In > practice, signing an FSA will have very little impact on the > matplotlib project itself - it will still be BSD-licensed and > community-driven as it has always been, and the only > motivation for doing this is to give us an opportunity to > apply for funding to do more work on matplotlib. We'd like to > canvas the community's opinion on the matter, but to put a > concrete timeline on the discussion, we would like to propose > signing an FSA with NumFOCUS in 3 weeks (Feb 10th 2015) unless > there is a major community discomfort with us doing so. > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Michael Droettboom > > > > > > -- > Michael Droettboom > Science Software Branch > Space Telescope Science Institute > > > http://www.droettboom.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > New Year. New Location. New Benefits. 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