From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gnu.wildebeest.org (gnu.wildebeest.org [45.83.234.184]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 74CDB3858CDB for ; Sat, 3 Sep 2022 16:38:23 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 74CDB3858CDB Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=klomp.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=klomp.org Received: from reform (deer0x08.wildebeest.org [172.31.17.138]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by gnu.wildebeest.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4AB8E302AB2C; Sat, 3 Sep 2022 18:38:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: by reform (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 119832E81D4F; Sat, 3 Sep 2022 18:38:22 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2022 18:38:21 +0200 From: Mark Wielaard To: "Karen M. Sandler" Cc: Daniel Pono Takamori , Overseers mailing list , "Jose E. Marchesi" , "Bradley M. Kuhn" Subject: Re: Proposing Sourceware as SFC member project Message-ID: References: <87ler4qcmo.fsf@gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: Hi Karen, On Sat, Sep 03, 2022 at 10:07:29AM -0400, Karen M. Sandler wrote: > I and my staff will be monitoring this thread to answer questions on SFC's > behalf, and presume that LF folks will do the same. We look forward to the > discussion, particularly because we love discussion of the different ways > that organizations accomplish fiscal sponsorship, and part of our mission is > educating the FOSS community about non-profit governance options. And > perhaps an entirely different approach might emerge from multiple > organizations working together that hasn't even been thought of yet. > > In any case, I'm excited to see the future for this important free software > hosting project! Thanks so much for your guidance and excitement. It is great seeing the non-profit organizations working together so well. That is especially important for a free software hosting project like Sourceware because we host both little and big projects. Some with their own fiscal sponsor, some without any funding at all. Being able to share non-profit organisation resources and services is a great thing to look forward to. Thanks, Mark