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With the recent discussion on foundation members. Along with a withdraw |
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request from a foundation member. When I think about the role the |
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foundation was created to fulfill. I am at a loss as to why there is the |
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need for foundation members. Why they exist at all? |
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I am looking to others that were familiar with the foundations creation, |
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inception, purpose etc to answer that one. Since there seems to be an |
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obvious distinction between developer and foundation member. |
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Seems it's mostly for voting in foundation elections. Which seems dev |
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terms same as voting for council apply there. But voting is not enough |
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to entail membership and create another class. I mean voting could still |
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be done by Gentoo developers and there would be no need for foundation |
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members. Unless it's simply for former devs to retain voting abilities. |
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Which could be done without membership per say. |
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For the record I am not saying I dislike the idea of foundation |
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membership. I just do not understand the purpose, benefit, or role of a |
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Gentoo Foundation member. Given the Foundation is just a IP, Legal |
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container, etc. Seems that is something that requires just a handful of |
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people to do. No members required. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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amd64/Java/Trustees |
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Gentoo Foundation |