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[Hans Henry von Tresckow <hvontres@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Fabio Varesano
<fabio.varesano@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I see no scenario under which KiCad will "loose its open source status".
>
>
> Also, there are legal ways in getting money from the community without
> risking to forget the focus of freedoms and openness.
>
> For example there could be a legally registered, democratically driven,
> non-profit association having clearly detailed in its Statuses its role in
> fostering the growth of KiCad and its focus on keeping the freedom aspects
> of the project alive.
>
> Again the Drupal project is a very good example of all of this:
> https://association.drupal.org/about
> Also interesting their Statuses
> https://association.drupal.org/about/history/drupal-vzw-statutes
>

I think the main point the OP was trying to make is that just merely
adding a "Donate" button without thinking about the underlying
structure risks splitting a project apart.

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Henry von Tresckow (hvontres)