Henri Bergius wrote:
> We could found a nonprofit organization to handle
> some aspects of this project. The benefits here would
> be the ability to own property and handle donations
> without having to channel those through private
> contributors. The money would at first be going for
> things like domains,
and an upgrade for poor, overworked tyr.
> but at a later point also
> arranging training events and workshops would be
> possible with this.
> It could also clarify the copyright situation with the
> core Midgard libraries, as their ownership could be
> transferred to the organization. This would make the
> software much safer to develop with.
Well, you know you've got my vote on this.
> For the first year, I'd like to have a majority (or
> all) board members to be living in Finland, because
> there are often situations demanding a sudden meeting
> before the procedures settle down, and having all board
> members available on a short notice would be a good
> thing.
No problems here AFAIC. It's not like I'll be missing out
on a big fat salary or somesuch :)
> Oh, and as the name, how would The Midgard Project Ry
> sound?
Foreign :)
> (Ry being short for registrated nonprofit in Finnish)
I figure a Finnish NP organization is as good as any, and having
it registered where most of the core members are (currently)
makes sense to me.
Emile
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