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-----Original Message----- |
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From: Daniel Robbins [mailto:drobbins@g.o] |
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Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 3:17 PM |
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To: gentoo-managers@l.g.o; gentoo-nfp@l.g.o |
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Subject: [gentoo-nfp] I met with my lawyer |
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Hi Guys, |
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I met with my lawyer and this is the tenative plan for the not for profit. |
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In this plan, I am attempting to balance the commitments I have made to |
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individuals with my desire to see Gentoo proceed on the best possible |
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footing. I am sharing this with you all so I can get feedback and |
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suggestions. I also need to get this NFP set up in the next few days so it's |
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important that suggestions are shared soon and are focused on some |
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implementable change to this plan. (Ie. This isn't a good time to start a |
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long discussion about some tangential topic that could eat up a lot of our |
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time and not assist in refining the plan below.) |
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Gentoo Foundation, Inc. proposal |
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The purpose of this foundation is to hold the intellectual property of the |
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Gentoo free software project. It will have a board of trustees. This |
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not-for-profit will be an open membership trade association. |
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Trade associations (unlike charities) can be more restrictive in their |
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requirements for membership. Membership will be limited to Gentoo |
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developers. The criteria for being a Gentoo developer will be determined by |
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the board of trustees. There will be no membership dues. |
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There will be an initial board of trustees appointed, which will be selected |
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to meet my commitments to existing managers and developers. This initial |
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board of trustees will serve for one year from the establishment of the |
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Gentoo Foundation, after which point a the board will be elected by the |
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members (Gentoo developers.) After that, regular elections will be held |
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(election cycle TBD) to determine board members. |
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The Gentoo Store will pay for the establishment of this not-for-profit. The |
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Gentoo Store will also pay for the Gentoo Foundation's application for |
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501(c)(6) federal trade association status (~$5000 or so?) |
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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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I will be a member of the initial board of trustess, to give legitimacy to |
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the Gentoo Foundation and also show my commitment to the future success of |
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this entity. |
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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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Sincerely, |
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Daniel |
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