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On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 15:53:54 +0200 Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera |
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(klondike) wrote: |
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> Although the Gentoo Foundation is based on the USA it's activities |
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> (through the different developers) entail most parts of the world, for |
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> example the Gentoo Foundation sponsored the Gentoo project's presence at |
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> FOSDEM through the adquisition of give aways for marketing. Having |
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> people with knowledge of how other law systems work would be helpful in |
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> many ways, on one side by allowing the Foundation help promote |
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> activities in other countries, on the other by being able to direct the |
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> Foundation if issues to Gentoo developers happen on them. |
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As far as I know there is one such organization already, Gentoo |
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e.V. in Germany: |
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https://gentoo-ev.org/wiki/Main_Page |
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As far as I understand from their wiki (it's in German, so forgive |
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me if I misunderstood something, mein Deutsch ist noch schwach) |
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Gentoo e.V. is a partner of the Foundation focused on supporting |
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various Gentoo-related events (conferences) and selling Gentoo |
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merchandise. And looks like they are doing a good job judging from |
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the presence on various conferences. |
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If I'm understanding correctly, "e.V." stands for "eingetragener |
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Verein" meaning "registered association", so Gentoo e.V. is |
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basically a non-for-profit club with paid membership which promotes |
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Gentoo and helps it here and there. |
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I'm not sure how Gentoo e.V. and the Foundation are connected; wiki |
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of the former says "Gentoo e.V. is a partner of the Gentoo |
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Foundation", though I'm not sure if this is a partnership by |
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spirit or some legal binding. |
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If they are not legally connected maybe it is a good idea to do |
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this, or may be there are good reasons to keep the status quo. I do |
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not have a strong opinion here, but it will be interesting to hear |
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thought of people who understand these matters better than me. |
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Anyway it will be good to promote Gentoo e.V. more (maybe have an |
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English site? :)). Frankly I learned that this is a separate |
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organization only during FOSDEM dinner discussions this year. |
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Best regards, |
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Andrew Savchenko |
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