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On Thursday 13 May 2004 09:20, Sven Vermeulen wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> There are a couple of chapters that I'm already thinking about before going |
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> further. Those chapters are: |
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> - About this document |
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> - Why a Gentoo Foundation |
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> - Principles of the Gentoo Foundation |
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> - Tasks of the Gentoo Foundation |
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> A small description is probably in place :) |
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> With "About this document" I would try to describe to the user what this |
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> document is about. It's like an outline for the rest of the document. |
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> "Why a Gentoo Foundation" talks about the progress Gentoo has made, the |
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> incorporated technologies and code that has grown since the beginning of |
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> it's existence, about the accumulated knowledge that we have inside and the |
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> community that keeps a high-demand wrt Gentoo's progress. |
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> It will also talk a bit about the coordination of Gentoo (through the |
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> coordinators/managers) and the community feedback that is of the most |
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> importance for a project such as Gentoo. |
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> |
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> It outlines the reason for a Gentoo Foundation: |
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> - Decoupling necessary bureaucracy from development |
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> * Financial (donations) |
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> * Juridical (licenses, copyrights, trademarks, ...) |
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> * Caretaking (adherence to the social contract) |
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> - Mission Statement |
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> * Protect the use of the Gentoo trademark and logo |
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> * Protect the developed code, documentation, artwork and other |
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> material through copyright/licenses |
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> * Sponsor Gentoo-related conferences and technical development |
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> * Oversee development so it adheres to the social contract |
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> The "Principles of the Gentoo Foundation" would describe four pillars that |
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> the Gentoo Foundation keeps in mind: |
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> 1. Gentoo provides choices |
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> 2. Gentoo is open |
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> 3. Gentoo lives for the community, by the community |
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> 4. Gentoo is independent |
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> With "independent" I mean that Gentoo will be reigned by a company nor |
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> be dictated by an organisation. |
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> In "Tasks of the Gentoo Foundation" I would place the real tasks (which we |
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> still need to discuss properly): |
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> * Intellectual Property protection |
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> * Support for the Gentoo Development (hardware, financial, ...) |
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> * Oversee adherance to the social contract |
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> * Corporate/Organisational point of contact |
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> * Keep definition of a "Gentoo Developer" |
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> Does this integrate well with the thoughts you have about the Gentoo |
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> Foundation? Feedback is appreciated. |
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We might also have some kind of general goal like (just an example): |
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"To propagate the use of free software in a free way by providing a linux |
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distribution" |
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Paul |
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ps. The sentence is lousy, it is just an example |
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-- |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |