+1 - that's really great news! -Shawn
On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Nicolas P. Rougier <nicolas.roug...@inria.fr> wrote: > > +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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