Gentoo Archives: gentoo-project

From: Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Groups under the Council or Foundation: the structure & processes thereof
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 16:35:22
Message-Id: 2d10df9e-3b46-e316-8ecc-2de63fd8d9d9@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Groups under the Council or Foundation: the structure & processes thereof by "M. J. Everitt"
1 On 13/11/2016 15:53, M. J. Everitt wrote:
2 > Foundation
3 > =======
4 > Legal entity
5 > Deals with finance
6 > Deals with compliance
7 > Provides Infra
8 > Provides/oversees Staff
9 >
10 > Council
11 > =====
12 > Fulfils aim of Linux Distribution
13 > Oversees projects
14 > Innovates and develops
15 >
16 > Both are Foundation and Council are elected bodies from the staff
17 > electorate.
18 >
19 > Anyone with any objections to this structure?
20 >
21
22 The Foundation happened just because there isn't any other easy way to
23 legally take monetary sponsorship and reflow it to the project needs and
24 that's all it should do.
25
26 All the misconception spun about how the Council and the other part of
27 the meta-structure of Gentoo work should stop, since it is getting utter
28 ridiculous.
29
30 (just to be as bold as the initial misguided statement from you)
31
32 lu

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Re: [gentoo-project] Groups under the Council or Foundation: the structure & processes thereof "William L. Thomson Jr." <wlt-ml@××××××.com>