[Koha] Fwd: LibLime ideas on a Koha Software Foundation

[david at lang.hm]

On Thu, 14 Oct 2010, MJ Ray wrote:

> DeGroff, Amy wrote:
>> I've posted a brief outline or summation of LibLime's ideas about a Koha
>> Software Foundation on the wiki --   we seek your comments --
>> http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Forming_a_Koha_Foundation#United_States
>>
>> Please let me know if there is a more logical place to place these on the
>> wiki - under Forming a Foundation / Locations for an Independent Koha
>> Organisation/ United States seemed to fit the flow in place but I am happy
>> to cross post or move if it will help.
>
> A foundation 40%-controlled by Liblime doesn't seem independent to me,
> so I feel it should be moved, but I can't think of how to name where
> it should go.  Does a vendor tie seem in keeping with a FOSS project
> host corporation to anyone?

it's actually very common, think about Fedora, Ubuntu, SuSE to name just 
three.

David Lang

> I've added a comment to re-explain the difference between a foundation
> and an association.
>
> I'll ignore the "intellectual assets" as that's against community policy.
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#IntellectualProperty
>
> Agreeing to any permanent representation on the board would open a can
> of worms because I expect all 30 or so current vendors would like
> something similar and several were giving to this project community
> before LibLime even launched.  It's hard to measure how much, because
> I'm sure we've seen patches committed under the wrong author's byline.
> It would be a bit odd to give permanent credit for "standing" only to
> one company that bought the 2005-9 LibLime business, wouldn't it?
>
> So I feel like PTFS's basic preconditions are obviously unworkable and
> this means we're at a more obvious and clear deadlock.  Can anyone
> explain what I've missed and why I'm wrong?
>
> Regards,
>