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On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 16:15:18 -0500 |
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Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 3:21 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. |
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> <wlt-ml@××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > The council has no power |
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> > over Trustees, and Trustees do have legal power over all of |
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> > Gentoo. |
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> Sure, just keep in mind that legally Gentoo is basically nothing but a |
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> name and a logo. |
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That is what others have made it to be. It was never intended to be |
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such by the person who created the foundation in the first place. |
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Paying for those legal filings and attorney fees out of pocket! The |
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only time any proper IRS filings was done for Gentoo.... |
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I have showed in -project what it was supposed to be. |
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https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-project/message/3ac5418dd061fc53f4b8d55a99773f4c |
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Like FreeBSD Foundation, a real organization paying for development |
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via grants and other things... |
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https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ |
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https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/what-we-do/grants/ |
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https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2017-Q2-Profit-Loss.pdf |
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Presently working on raising $1.25 Million USD for next year. |
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Look at the donors on their home page. Intel, Netapp, Versign, Netflix |
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even Microsoft... |
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Gentoo is missing out big time! But it is the communities choice. If |
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Gentoo is just a name and logo, that is pretty sad.... |
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Limited vision.... |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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