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On Monday 03 April 2006 21:25, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> As Corey's mentioned on -core, we might want to look into getting |
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> somebody else to take care of our financial/administrative stuff so the |
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> board can focus on Gentoo. This looks like an opportunity for that. |
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> A bit of looking on their website suggests that they may want a bit more |
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> control of our assets than I feel comfortable with, but that could be |
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> flexible. |
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> Who can follow up on this? |
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From what I understand, this initiative does a lot more than playing pro-bono |
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accountant. A pro-bono accountant is I feel more what gentoo needs. |
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In the case of gentoo, we have various valueable assets (such as the |
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trademark) that should stay under the control of gentoo itself. As such I |
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believe that there should stay a gentoo foundation with a board that has the |
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(almost) final say on the gentoo assets. Giving such away would be a mistake, |
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if one only thinks about the possibilities of liabilities on one project |
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flowing over to gentoo. |
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I also have the idea that this effort is directed at projects which are |
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smaller than gentoo. While that does not mean that gentoo couldn't use it, it |
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does not seem to be well suited for gentoo's needs. In the mean while, the |
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stuff is complex matter, and having a talk with the SFLC people could |
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certainly not harm. |
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Paul |
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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 |
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