From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from pine.sfconservancy.org (pine.sfconservancy.org [IPv6:2001:4801:7822:103:be76:4eff:fe10:7c55]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4B8803858418 for ; Sat, 3 Sep 2022 14:07:30 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 4B8803858418 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=sfconservancy.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=sfconservancy.org Received: from mail.sfconservancy.org (pine.sfconservancy.org [IPv6:2001:4801:7822:103:be76:4eff:fe10:7c55]) (Authenticated sender: karen) by pine.sfconservancy.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A0A71E44E; Sat, 3 Sep 2022 14:07:29 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=sfconservancy.org; s=pine; t=1662214049; bh=gd7KSus22oYNTjGOpAkXaYtdfU5zQt1/uyTh9bwx10c=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=l8UY1gDBBEAq94gaJ24qZ5S7IZIGkO11Kz4wPnYjZxxbEtQudtin9SCMavtRvGiUd 9WILZxflVyRk4QJAwgKlU6OAft66B980Huq089IIl1WK+vhQvcWppl5eTOSIIFuIxC m6NY9h9DM2Z1KS3Lw30Oee5cKYd2GG+173Db6+Z6+q7MgrJS0M1/4CKqhDMxK31puY GAwrTLrDzVzMOlUwMiqvi16jeaaUeI7T4+W47iEW+h/MJxoKHJXcCRewJy4/wMXl+s mfEWWWnOpDvIkHPuybnAxtqpY2nEvPj0XJeLjU+b/03CEMwywG8cRbTIZl+osuoNjs hW6MFEvOKPXPA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2022 10:07:29 -0400 From: "Karen M. Sandler" To: Daniel Pono Takamori Cc: Mark Wielaard , Overseers mailing list , "Jose E. Marchesi" , "Bradley M. Kuhn" Subject: Re: Proposing Sourceware as SFC member project In-Reply-To: References: <87ler4qcmo.fsf@gnu.org> Message-ID: X-Sender: karen@sfconservancy.org User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.2.3 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: Pono wrote: > These days there are *so many* great options for fiscal sponsorship. +1, SFC has really been thrilled to see so many organizations build fiscal sponsorship programs. People tend to think because SFC was one of the early fiscal sponsors in FOSS that we view the other ones as "competitors". In fact, we frequently point projects to other organizations that could be a better fit. We like a transparent, public discussion by projects to pick the fiscal sponsor that fits them best. In that vein, since this thread was started, we have received communication from a couple of people telling us that there was also a proposal for an application related to Sourceware with the Linux Foundation for fiscal sponsorship. We're glad to hear it because we *always* encourage applicants to SFC to also simultaneously apply to other fiscal sponsors in parallel, as a method to vet and evaluate the various options. 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! Karen M. Sandler Executive Director, Software Freedom Conservancy __________ Become a Sustainer today! http://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/