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On Friday, January 6, 2017 11:43:05 AM EST Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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> Am Donnerstag, 5. Januar 2017, 16:02:57 CET schrieb Matthew Thode: |
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> > I think that this brings us more in line with the legal realities of |
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> > running a distro like this. We may want to be separate but don't think |
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> > that's actually the case. So we should stop pretending we are separate. |
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> Well, that would probably merit looking around how other distros are |
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> working. |
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> Without doing any detailed research, I'd say |
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Some of us have done extensive research on this topic. Starting back in |
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2007-08. There are lots of examples out there. Not to mention aware of the |
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legalities and what it will take to accomplish aspects. |
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Since I get no credit for it I mention it routinely. Fact is I did get the |
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Foundation reinstated, a bank account, and revised draft by laws so they were |
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adopted. That is tremendously more than most anyone else has done, short of |
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Robin/robbat2 reconciling the books. Annual filings with NM is minor once |
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reinstated. But filings with the IRS were never done, and that is being worked |
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on now. |
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Fact is I did more for the Foundation on major legal matters than anyone else |
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before or since. Short of Daniel doing the initial foundation filing. Pretty |
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sad I was not able to do more, driven away. Much less how I am still treated |
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and seen. Pretty disrespectful all around, on top of no credit or thanks for |
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such tasks. Which were not trivial, and no one else ever stepped up. |
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> * OpenSuSE, Fedora: "community branch" of a commercial enterprise |
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> * Debian, Arch: via umbrella company (SPI) |
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While the SPI has many benefits one major draw back that does not work for many |
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is having a SINGLE liaison. You can look in -nfp archives from 2007-08 on SPI. |
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There were discussions. The having a SINGLE liaison and no options for more |
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had opposition. Plus there can be other negatives, have to weigh the pros and |
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cons. |
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There are many more that are not under organizations like the SPI. The larger |
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ones with corporate involvement tend to be run directly. Running things |
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directly has some benefits as well. Gentoo could have a mix of paid and |
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volunteer staff just like many non profit organizations, including FreeBSD and |
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others. |
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I have long felt there are areas of Gentoo that could really benefit from paid |
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effort. Things like a news letter. I am not talking full time or major pay. |
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Just some compensation to make efforts worth while, and help motivate for more |
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chore type tasks that are beneficial. |
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I think everyone liked the Gentoo Weekly and then Monthly news letters. |
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Also keep in mind in saying such. I have no intention to pay myself and I |
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never did. I removed provisions from the draft by laws that allowed Trustees |
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to pay themselves. Thus any pay would be more for "staff" type positions. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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