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On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 14:13 -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> On 15:53 Fri 06 Jun , William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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> > http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/about.shtml |
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> > "The FreeBSD Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated |
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> > to supporting the FreeBSD Project." |
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> > It's clear the that BSD Foundation is directly tied to the BSD project. |
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> > I am not sure what you are reading to thing otherwise. |
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> I looked through the articles of incorporation and the bylaws, under the |
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> documents section of their website. Nowhere is mentioned anything |
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> related to how the project itself is governed. |
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So we would be different from BSD in this regard. Are we trying to be |
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like others? Our current structure is unlike any others. Our entire |
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distro is unlike any other. So why are we trying to compare apples to |
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oranges? |
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Where is BSD's GLEP 39? Or where is their council talked about or |
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mentioned? |
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> It's very much a |
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> boilerplate template saying "we're a nonprofit related to computers, and |
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> that's about it." |
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Instead of all this speculation. Would you all like me to open a dialog |
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with the BSD folks and get details from within? With regard to how their |
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foundation and project relate to each other. |
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As for their Bylaws, if they aren't cover things we are. Is that reason |
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for us to omit those things from ours? |
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The BSD foundation doesn't seem to be accounting for sponsors services |
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and etc. Does that mean we should not either? Possibly but that |
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particular decision should be made by a Certified Public Accountant. |
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Which I don't think any Gentoo Developer is currently. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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amd64/Java/Trustees |
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Gentoo Foundation |
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