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On 12/07/17 18:04, Andrew Savchenko wrote: |
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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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> |
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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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> |
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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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> |
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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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> |
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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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> |
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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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Is there any mechanism for joining / supporting the European body at |
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all? I, too, had done some very basic research prior to FOSDEM and think |
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that those of us based in Europe might be better affiliated to that |
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organisation than the American one... potentially. |
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MJE |
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