Le 04/12/2011 17:13, Pascal Bleser a écrit :
Sorry, forgot to reply on that point: yes, sure, I think we're all aware that in terms of image, having a non-for-profit foundation makes the project appear a lot more independent.
this is not the real situation, as you very well prove it. Having a foundation would not make us independent, but it would make more visible the volunteers work, and allow to have several sponsors (beginning with the users, for the basic work) At a moment, a sponsor have to understand he can't have the butter and the butters money. He can't have the property of the trademark *and* the direction of the volunteeers. Volunteerrs simply wont invest in this situation. Right now it's extremely difficult to count what is the work done for money by paid people and the work done for free (including by the same people). For example, look at the sailing budget (all around the world sailing, for example). The sponsor pay the boat, write his name on it then the sailor sails. It would be much better to have openUSE (or whatever other name, I don't think using the brand name is a good idea) foundation receive money to pay servers - still just an example. and, of course, this do not mean we have to think as all or nothing. For example the trademark could be held by SUSE and the right given to the foundation to use it in some discussed way. Or to begin with a foundation created, a board elected and a small amount of money given, with a roadmap just to see if the board and the subscribers are able to manage this.
What we would need is a foundation which is kind of like the GNOME foundation
exactly. This is the final goal, but certainly not befor several years, at best.
It's really a lot more complicated that just "oh let's do a foundation", which is one of the reasons it's taking so much time :\
well, if you don't begin, you never reach anything. Libreofice or Blender are examples of success
more control over its own fate, funds, actions. And that means we can communicate more with people from SUSE for taking decisions and doing stuff, rather than with execs from Novell who, frankly have always be
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