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[Johan Hake <johan.hake@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday May 17 2010 12:22:04 Anders Logg wrote:
> 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.

Exactly.
 
> 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.

That might be a problem _we_ need to solve before we approach such an 
organisation?


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

I do not know. I suggest writing an email to them.

Johan

> --
> 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.