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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

That might be a good option. We could use an already existing
organization instead of inventing and maintaining it ourselves in the
same spirit as the move to Launchpad.

Both Mercurial and Boost are listed which is a good indication. I also
found Eben Moglen in the board of directors.

A couple of things remain unclear:

1. I couldn't find any clear description of who controls the funds. It
just says 'project' but there are many of us so it might sometimes be
unclear who speaks for the project.

2. Can we also assign domain names to the conservancy?

--
Anders


On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:53:20AM -0700, Johan Hake wrote:
> The Software Freedom Conservancy
>
>   <http://sfconservancy.org>
>
> might be an alternative. It seems like an organisation that take care of at
> least some of the things you mention.
>
>   <http://sfconservancy.org/overview>
>
> Several opens source projects use its service. The most noteable:
>
>   Samba, Mercurial, SWIG, Boost, BusyBox, Wine
>
> Johan
>
> On Sunday May 16 2010 13:46:01 Anders Logg wrote:
> > At FEniCS'10, we discussed the possibility of setting up a FEniCS
> > Foundation. The purpose would be to have a more formal organization
> > that would be responsible of the following items:
> >
> >   1. Owning the domain name(s)
> >
> >   2. Having some funds
> >
> >   3. Distribute the funds (workshops, domain names etc)
> >
> > The other option would be to continue with our current ad hoc
> > organization which has worked fine so far.
> >
> > If we decide to set up a foundation, I can arrange the paperwork. It
> > doesn't look so complicated. I'll get back with more information if we
> > decide this is a good idea.
> >
> > So I'd like to ask everyone to state their opinion. Is this a good
> > idea? Or not.
> >

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