On Wednesday 25 March 2009 08:32:38 am Martin Lasarsch wrote:
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 14:54:28 Vincent Untz wrote:
So, hrm, how can we change this? :-) I guess we can't change this easily in the short term, but does it make sense in the long term to have the opensuse.org domain controlled by, say, the board? (question for the board, I guess)
Last hackweek i asked "why not make an openSUSE foundation" to be more independent from Novell and let the community really control the project.
Most people thought this would be a good idea.
And no, this is not against the board or Novell, this would be just another instance with hopefully more power ...
It can't be against Novell if it saves them money. :-) The foundation would be able to attract more donors. Right now there is no many as there is no independent body that can receive donations and small donors would not give money to Novell. It is simple psychological thing. One it is corporate account, two they have enough founding.
With a company in the back there are some limitations like legal crap. A foundation should say "so what, sue me!"
It will be not that simple. Foundation will be legal entity, but shallow pocket should have far lesser fears from patent trolls. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org