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Am Samstag, 7. April 2018, 21:33:57 CEST schrieb Matt Turner: |
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> On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 6:46 PM, Matthias Maier <tamiko@g.o> wrote: |
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> > 8. The council was requested to discuss and vote on the following motion |
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> > [8]> |
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> > "The Gentoo council shall directly contact "Software in the Public |
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> > Interest |
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> > Inc." (SPI), with the intention of Gentoo becoming a SPI Associated |
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> > Project, independent of the Gentoo Foundation." |
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> The X.Org Foundation joined SPI recently, after failing to file its |
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> taxes and losing its 501(c)(3) status. As far as I can tell everyone |
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> has been pleased with the results, especially not having to deal with |
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> the paperwork. |
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> But, what the fuck is going on? Perhaps if the Council is interested |
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> in a topic they would spare a few keystrokes to explain the rationale |
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> for such a change. From the perspective of someone who hasn't follow |
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> the Foundation closely, this whole thread looks like a spat between |
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> Council members and the Foundation trustees which is bizarre to say |
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> the least. |
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Well, if you ask 5 people you probably get 5 different descriptions... |
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As far as I'm concerned, over the last months(?) the foundation trustees have |
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repeatedly tried to expand their area of responsibility into things that have |
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been handled by the council ever since I've been a developer. This is a bit |
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bizarre given the checkered history of foundation leadership and the still |
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unclear (though under repair) tax / finances status (their core competencies). |
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Consequently, relations between (some of the) trustees and (some of the) |
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council members have deteriorated to the point where I see the Gentoo |
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Foundation as *sole* asset holder of the Gentoo distribution as a danger to |
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the distribution. [*] [**] |
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The easiest way to fix this situation is to find an additional, second |
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financial sponsor *also* handling assets and donations for the Gentoo |
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distribution, which is why I proposed that the Gentoo council contacts SPI. |
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This does not take anything away from the Gentoo Foundation - the accounts are |
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to be completely separate, with no transfer of assets between SPI and the |
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Gentoo Foundation. I would sincerely welcome any further efforts from the side |
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of the Gentoo Foundation trustees to complete their bookkeeping, conclude |
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their open business with the IRS, and keep supporting the Gentoo distribution |
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financially. |
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[*] in #g-trustees: "<prometheanfire> [...] The trustees don't have to follow |
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or recognise glep 39" |
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[**] I've had this proposal in my mind already for some months, but hesitated |
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to post it. However, when Daniel Robbins started playing the trustees against |
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the council again, the situation deteriorated fast. |
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-- |
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Andreas K. Hüttel |
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dilfridge@g.o |
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Gentoo Linux developer |
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(council, toolchain, perl, libreoffice, comrel) |
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