Wow thanks Nate for all that information. This is something that I want for Mayan at some point.
--Roberto On Friday, August 31, 2012 11:11:32 AM UTC-4, Nate Aune wrote: > > >*Should a non profit foundation be established and all or some control > be transferred to it? Should copyrights be >transferred too?* > * > * > I served on the Plone Foundation board for 3 years, and I'm very familiar > with the benefits of transferring the copyright/trademark to a non-profit > foundation. I can say that it helped with receiving donations/grants and > strengthening the community as well as reducing risk. > http://plone.org/foundation > > We had a lot of support from Eben Moglen, the general counsel for the FSF, > and here you can read the conservancy proposal: > http://plone.org/foundation/materials/archive/proposals/conservancy/ > http://plone.org/foundation/materials/archive/conservancy > > Nate > > On Thursday, August 30, 2012 1:23:18 AM UTC-4, Roberto Rosario wrote: >> >> All that has happened in the past 60 hours or so including the results >> have show that Mayan EDMS the code, and Mayan EDMS the project, have broken >> through any initial expectations of growth, market penetration, acceptance >> or any idea I or anyone else may have had from the day it was started or >> the day it was released one and a half years ago. I also think this is an >> important pivotal point and the good time to make changes if there is the >> need for them to ensure the continued growth and future of the project. >> >> I value everyone's opinion and take them into account and the people in >> this mailing list are the oldest supporters of the project so your opinions >> are specially important and helpful during this process as have been since >> the beginning of the project itself. >> >> I would like everyone to chime in if they can on the following topics (or >> any other you want to bring out): >> >> - Should Mayan EDMS be licensed under another Open Source license (BSD, >> MIT, Apache, other)? A non Free license? >> - Should it remain Free Software or move to a full commercial product. >> - Should a new specific license be crafted for it (ie: Mayan EDMS Shared >> Source License or something like that) >> - Should the development branch remain open, closed, or shared on a case >> by case basis? >> - Should the release strategy remain the same or should there be >> a deferred model of a commercial release and have that same version become >> the latest Free Open Source version a period after that (6 month a a year?) >> to benefit both commercial and non-commercial users? >> Another completely different release strategy? >> - Should there continue to be only one version of the Source Code or >> should there be a commercial and a community version? >> - Should there be a completely different release strategy? >> - Is the current release cycle adequate? Or Too slow? Too fast? >> - Should a non profit foundation be established and all or some control >> be transferred to it? Should copyrights be transferred too? >> - Is the software/project transparent enough or too much? >> - Is the new licensing plan proposed (GPL, Redistribution, Commercial and >> Developer) adequate, too complicated or too limited? >> >> """ >> >> - ** GPL ** – You can install *Mayan EDMS* as is, but can sell your >> services for *Mayan EDMS*, you must provide the source code or >> directions where to get the source code to your clients, modifications to >> the source code must be made public. >> - ** Redistribution ** - You can sell *Mayan EDMS* as well as your >> services, you can modify *Mayan EDMS* adding new features or changing >> the name and you can keep your changes closed. >> - ** Commercial ** – Same as *GPL* but includes email and telephone >> support for a number of hours per month. >> - ** Developer ** – Allows you to use *Mayan EDMS* to create a new >> product using all or parts of the source code and allows you to sell your >> new product independently. >> - """ >> >> Any other topic regarding but not limited to code hosting (github, etc), >> the current website hosting, website design or anything else is also most >> welcomed. >> >> Feel free to post or to continue emailing me in private as most have >> done, any method is perfectly fine. Thank you very much, >> >> --Robert >> >> --
