Hi, On 6/3/19 10:17 AM, Richard Brown wrote:
On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 at 15:55, Robert Schweikert
wrote: So the underlying question, and with that back to my intro. Is there a statement by the board or others as to the underlying reasons why a foundation is being pursuit (again)? And why now?
The Board is working on a briefing document to explain such things, but the need for us all to rest a bit after the exhausting Board Meeting/oSC combination has meant that this discussion has leapt onto these lists before that document has been finalised.
The Board will produce this document as soon as it can; in my case, I do need to spend a few work days on my regular work, so I cant promise exactly when I'll be able to contribute much to that drafting effort.
Meanwhile though, thanks to the amazing work of the Video team, there is a solid recording of the discussion the Board started on this topic at oSC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUZmc4CXzFQ&t=1s
It does a good job of explaining why a Foundation is being pursued and in what form.
Thanks for the link.
In a few short bulletpoints for those who cant be bothered to watch the video.
- The Primary motivation is to enable the openSUSE Project to be able to receive, spend, and sign it's own contracts/sponsorships/money - This should be _in addition to_, not _in replacement of_ the exceptionally positive and good working relationship openSUSE has with SUSE - Both the Board and SUSE are keen on using this opportunity to codify the nature of that close working relationship into the by-laws/charter of the Foundation (likely to be a German Stiftung) - I personally refer to this effort and openSUSE seeking "less dependence" on SUSE, not "independence"
Hopefully you can see how the above tenants have learned the lessons of previous efforts and I would describe this current effort as the most amicable, mutually respectful, and uniquely "openSUSE/SUSEian", with the vast majority so far seeming to agree with the broad strokes of the topic.
With this as goals I think sticking with the existing name and branding would properly continue to express the relationship and the trademark issues should be able to be overcome in a way that reaches a workable level without being a burden on everyone. Later, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU Distinguished Architect LINUX Technical Team Lead Public Cloud rjschwei@suse.com IRC: robjo -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org