On Monday, July 8th, 2024 at 12:49 PM, Patrick Fitzgerald <patrickf@i-layer.com> wrote: Thank you, Patrick for your answers, appreciate it!
Actually, I don't recall that it actually being a decision that was formally made. Perhaps it should be, however, but practically speaking, I'm not sure if it would carry any weight - because without the foundation there would be no sponsorship, because there is literally nowhere for the money to go to. That would have led to $0.00 being collected these past 16 months.
I would much prefer to have an official stand on the foundation from the Board, either acknowledging or dismissing it as the official foundation to support the project. As someone who was also on the Board, and been around the project for a while I welcome the idea of the foundation along with the rebranding of the project. This two likely go hand-in-hand. Likewise, I don't believe that the trustees should do all this work for free. With that said I have two additional questions: 1. Is there already or are you planing to have a "filter" for who can contribute funds to the project through the foundation, or it is pretty much anyone who wants to? The reason I'm asking this is that we've seen an uproar in the Nix community when their foundation accepted funds from a military contractor. As someone who closely worked with different governments and militaries the past decade I find no issue of course, and likewise, nobody found issue when my company sponsored openSUSE Asia Summit 2019, but figured it is better to ask for your opinion on this. 2. Are there any plans to have someone in the foundation who can dedicate time and effort in the future to bringing in sponsors to support the project or is this going to be more of a passive process, or trustees haven't discussed this yet? -- Br, A.