On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Cédric Krier <[email protected]> wrote: > On 20/11/11 02:28 +0100, Mathias Behrle wrote: >> * Betr.: " Re: [tryton] TUL Foundation discussion" (Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:13:54 >> +0100): >> >> > On 19/11/11 22:57 +0100, [email protected] wrote: >> > > Another point related to 'protection': PSF owns the trademark 'Python' >> > > and >> > > logos, and holds Python's intellectual property rights. I don't know >> > > wether >> > > it's a choice or if it's necessary in order to defend Python's licences >> > > (can a fundation go by a judge to defend a software's license being >> > > respected if it doesn't own the copyright on this software?). Maybe it >> > > would not be possible with Tryton because of the GPL? >> > >> > To create a fundation, we need to put something in it. We (B2CK) propose >> > to put in the fundation the Trademark and the domain name that we own. >> > About the defence of the licenses of course you need to be a copyright >> > hoders to enforce it. But this doesn't prevent the fundation to help to >> > protect it for example by advise, give money to copyright owners. >> >> The foundation could directly defend copyright questions in case it is >> copyright holder, as is required by the FSF for its projects [1]. > > This is not a requirement of the FSF but a suggestion. And they give to > each project the choice of it. > >> > > PSF says that 'no single private donor can supply a substantial >> > > percentage >> > > of the PSF's total funding'. Maybe it's wise to think to such a limit? >> > >> > I don't see the usefulness of such limitation. Especially if the >> > donators don't become member by just donating. >> >> We should at least avoid, that financial power can take influence on the >> direction of the project. > > I don't understand it is done with the statement that says donators are > not automaticly members. Simple. I think that members should be people or companies that are active in Tryton, independently from their financial contributions. I believe that donors are just donors. We can have a "contributors" page and put them there, but they should not belong to the foundation members just because they put money. This is very dangerous.
I would go one step further, we should have the right evaluate the donors and even deny a donation depending upont the entity that makes the donation, no matter how big it is. It's all about ethics. > > > -- > Cédric Krier > > B2CK SPRL > Rue de Rotterdam, 4 > 4000 Liège > Belgium > Tel: +32 472 54 46 59 > Email/Jabber: [email protected] > Website: http://www.b2ck.com/ > -- [email protected] mailing list
