On Mon, 10 Jun 2019 19:11:23 +0930, Simon Lees wrote:
You didn't miss it, we didn't really have it yet other then covering it at the conference in places, the current plan is rules for membership will remain the same as at the moment so people giving money won't have a general impact on decisions like this. They might give us money so the project can go and do something it hasn't done in the past but that's a completely different thing.
Thanks, Simon. It strikes me that mentioning something that controversial might turn some people off to the idea of a foundation to begin with, so I'm glad to see some clarification around this.
I know for me, it'd be a non-starter, and I also know I'm not alone in that feeling. Please let's keep out speculations. And see my post in the admin section of
Op maandag 10 juni 2019 17:21:38 CEST schreef Jim Henderson: the forums, Jim. Board does ( and cannot ) change things like some benevolant ditcatorship. And, please let it be clear that this time it's not a kind of fork, a kind of openSUSE vs. $SUSE_OWNER, but rather a SUSE welcomed initiative from the openSUSE community. But, we do need some legal entity, sooner or later it will be a simple requirement in many countries. And we do not have much other proper - given our size and symbiotic relationship with SUSE that we all want to keep (safe) - options than a Foundation. The current membership is possible, there has been no discussion in the board about fees, dues. Me would be firmly against those in an 'over my dead body' manner. -- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board Member openSUSE Forums Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org