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On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 14:15 -0600, Grant Goodyear wrote: |
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> What happened to the SFLC? |
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> Weren't we going to consider joinging the Software Freedom Law Center's |
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> Software Freedom Conservancy (http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/)? |
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> Yes, and the SFC was, and still is, interested (as of just a few days |
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> ago, anyway), although they have some concerns about managing the legal |
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> aspects of an entire distribution. (Gentoo would be larger, by far, |
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> than any of their current member projects.) I still think that's the |
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> right way to go |
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snip... |
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> I'd like to have all of this stuff sent to the SFC on Monday, |
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> if at all possible. |
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Does the SFC have adequate funding? Seemed like they were very tight on |
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funds, and even if we had a our ducks in a row. All things per their |
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list and likings. They have no $ for us. |
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Much less if they have never managed an entity like that. Why are you so |
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confident they can handle us and our problems? Not meant to be |
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confrontational, just curious your thoughts there. |
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Seems like them being new, lack of adequate funding, and lack of |
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experience managing an entity like ours, much less our size. Seems like |
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a very risky proposition. |
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IMHO the SPI is WAY better. More established, been around longer. |
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Manages Debian, used to do Gnome, etc. Likely has enough funding, surely |
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enough experience, etc. |
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Not to start a debate or etc. But minor discussion is cool. It's all |
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meaningless short of informing all involved. I am sure the SFC or SPI is |
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something that would be taken to a trustee vote or etc. So surely not |
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decided upon here or now. |
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Just wanted to weight out the pros and cons of the two. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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Gentoo/amd64/Java |