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On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 03:16:30PM -0600, Daniel Robbins wrote: |
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> Gentoo Technologies, Inc. will transfer the copyrights and trademarks to the |
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> Gentoo Foundation. In exchange, the Gentoo Foundation will grant Daniel |
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> Robbins & Gentoo Technologies, Inc. perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free |
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> use of the "Gentoo" trademark and "G" logo. This will allow me to continue |
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> to run the Gentoo Store if I want. |
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This sounds very reasonable. In general, if the NFP wants to "lend out" |
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the trademark and logo, I guess the contract should state that the |
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recipient cannot run away with the name and logo to start his own |
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shop completely separate from the Gentoo project (hostile fork). |
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> If you have any suggestions for improvement or for coordinator/project lead |
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> structure, try to see if you can suggest it so that it can work in the |
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> context of what I've just outlined above. |
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At the outset, I trust you and the board to ratify a reasonable project |
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structure based on feedback and past experience. |
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In order to speed up the transition to NFP, I would suggest keeping much |
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of the current structure as-is, then spending serious thinking time on |
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the board, in public, how to do any necessary reorganisations. |
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Imho, earlier suggestions to -core where the projects are created by the |
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board, and each project gets an active lead (ie, a working lead, who is |
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also the de facto lead in everyday operations) appointed by the board is |
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a good suggestion. |
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In selecting the lead, the board should also look at his lieutenants; |
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when running for a project lead, the candidate should be open about who |
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he'll initially want as support crew. |
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As a side note: My view on the board is as a piece of infrastructure. It |
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is a necessary component in the production pipeline of Gentoo, but in |
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and of itself, the board doesn't produce any code. It should support and |
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try to appease the Gentoo Community by being as non-intrusive as |
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possible. |
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Finally: I am extremely happy to see that we are at a stage where we |
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formalise our intended goal of making Gentoo NFP in form as well as in |
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spirit. So many heaploads of kudos as is shovelable to the people |
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involved, and especially to Daniel for sticking it out. "... for better |
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and for worse", one should think you married the project;) |
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Kind regards, |
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Karl T |
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