Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] [Tuxmath-devel] Tux4Kids becoming part of SPI (Software in the Public Interest
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From: Caroline F. <car...@go...> - 2008-09-03 06:15:23
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2008/9/3 Bill Kendrick <nb...@so...>: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 05:44:07PM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote: > <snip> >> Software in the Public Interest (SPI) is a non-profit that's an >> umbrella organization for a number of mentoring organizations in this >> year's GSOC program (and has been in the past). > <snip> > > So far, response from everyone who's bothered responding has been positive, > and most people seem to think I'd be a good Point-of-Contact > between Tux4Kids and SPI. I'd be honored to accept. > > Some good reading on the subject: > > http://www.spi-inc.org/secretary/joining-spi-projects.html > which points to: > http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2004-08-10-iwj.1 > > As a summary, SPI provides two main services to projects: > * Property > This includes Money (donations and holding), Intellectual Property > (copyrights) and Other (for example, hardware) > * Legal advice and Representation > > I spoke briefly with Bdale Garbee, president of Software in the Public > Interest. (Also happens to be Linux CTO at Hewlett-Packard :^) ) > > He said: > > what matters to SPI is that there is someone (individual, can be an > assigned role that changes like the elected Debian Project Leader) we > can treat as authoritatively speaking for the project in matters > involving distribution of the project's assets, etc > > we don't really care how the project is structured internally > > as long as the project's objectives match our charter, and everyone > understands that we must always act in accordance with applicable > laws, the rules regarding contributions to 501(c)3 organizations, etc, > then we're nearly there > > a number of our associated projects don't have large or complex > structures, part of the reason SPI exists is to help projects avoid > needing to (re-)build legal existence overhead when it's just a > distraction from getting the real work done > > I said: "only question now is: what's next?", to which he responded: > > take the text of the sample resolution, fill in all > the blanks, and send me the resulting draft. I'll look it over, tweak > if necessary, and put it up where contributing members can comment > prior to our next board meeting > > given that we're more than two weeks out, I think we > could safely put it on the agenda for the Sept meeting > > you should also suggest that all the relevant > participants in tux4kids consider becoming SPI contributing members if > they aren't already, so that they will have a voice (vote) in SPI > activities. And pass the draft resolution by them in case they have > any concerns or suggestions. > > finally, you should plan to attend the SPI board > meeting (here) where the resolution is reviewed and voted on, so that > any final questions can get answered, and the invitation can be > immediately accepted if the vote passes > > (Where "here" is the public #spi IRC channel on irc.oftc.net, and > "two weeks" is September 17th, the date of SPI's next board meeting.) > > > So, considering this, does anyone have objections to: > > (1) The "Tux Paint," "Tux, of Math Command," and "Tux Typing II" projects, > under the umbrella organization name of "Tux4Kids", becoming a member > project of Software in the Public Interest (SPI). > > (2) Me (Bill Kendrick, lead dev. of Tux Paint, and intial dev. of TuxMath) > being one of (or the sole) 'authoritative decisionmaker' for Tux4Kids' > SPI membership? I have no objections! > > Please let me know if you'd like to be Cc'd and kept in the loop. Yes please. Caroline |