On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Bertrand Chenal
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Le Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:32:00 +0100,
> Cédric Krier <[email protected]> a écrit :
>
>> On 20/11/11 11:53 +0100, Bertrand Chenal wrote:
>> > Le Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:18:05 +0100,
>> > Cédric Krier <[email protected]> a écrit :
>> >
>> > > On 20/11/11 09:08 +0100, Albert Cervera i Areny wrote:
>> > > > > 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.
>> > > >
>> > > > I also agree on that.
>> > >
>> > > I don't see why. As it is clear that there will be no duty for the
>> > > fundation because of donation, I don't see based on which
>> > > criteria we should accept or not a donation.
>> >
>> > What about a donation from company that does stuff like this
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster or this
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_S.A.#Controversies? Would you
>> > agree to accept fundation from them ? And put them on a donator
>> > page on the Tryton website?
>>
>> Come on guys! Are you all kidding? Even the FSF (the most political
>> FOSS fundation I know) doesn't have such rules [1]. And more over how
>> will you define such rules? Being controversies? Having a trial?
>> Also I don't know how it could be manageable, people will need to
>> apply before donating?
>> Please don't make of this fundation a political beast that will be
>> just blocked because of bureaucracy.
>>
>>
>> [1] https://my.fsf.org/donate
>>
>
> I agree that my example is extreme, but we have already talk about other
> ones, like a administrator stealing money from the foundation (and I
> think it's impossible to think about all the nasty stuff that can
> happend). Is there any mechanisms to convoke the members if there is an
> urgent topic to debate?
I agree with Bertrand. I'm positive we will all be proud to belong to
a Foundation that has high moral values. It's setting an example in a
world that is rotten by corruption and greed.

If we upload the translated draft document today, we can add all these
points, and set them for dicussion.
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