From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from elastic.org (elastic.org [96.126.110.187]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DFFF3385841F for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2022 18:54:25 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org DFFF3385841F Received: from vpn-home.elastic.org ([10.0.0.2] helo=elastic.org) by elastic.org with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1oTpKb-0005yR-18 for overseers@sourceware.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2022 18:54:25 +0000 Received: from very.elastic.org ([192.168.1.1]) by elastic.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1oTpKa-000QlD-Rc for overseers@sourceware.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2022 14:54:24 -0400 Received: from fche by very.elastic.org with local (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1oTpKa-0063pH-Q4 for overseers@sourceware.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2022 14:54:24 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2022 14:54:24 -0400 From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" To: overseers@sourceware.org Subject: Re: proposing Sourceware as Software Freedom Conservancy member project Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Sender-Verification: "" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-101.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE, USER_IN_WELCOMELIST, USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: overseers@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Overseers mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 18:54:27 -0000 Hi, Corinna - > > [...] It would be solely a way to help future needs by providing > > routing for financial contributions, and have an official, charitable > > entity (with a real legal existence) for supporting sourceware.org. > > Some of these services sound pretty good. I like especially the > "Avoid Non-Profit Administrivia" :))) Yeah, and none of that is for individual guest projects to worry about anyway. That's for people who want to help guide funding and related work on the shared infrastructure. > [...] I'd like to raise my finger here. As you probably know well, > Cygwin has very little need for official services like the above. > Apart from website, git, and mailing list, we especially require the > handcrafted services for our Windows-centric package management of > our distro. We're maintaining this stuff pretty much > self-sufficiently for a long time. I take it this can continue and > will still be supported in future? Nothing about the proposed SFC arrangement implies ANY change to how any of our valued guest projects enjoy their home on sourceware. They remain welcome to come, stay, and leave if they like. - FChE