From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 612C5138247 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 23:05:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 362A9E0AD5; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 23:05:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01d.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01d.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.7]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A07EE0AD0 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 23:05:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [62.3.120.142] (helo=NeddySeagoon_SSD) by smarthost01d.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VmX7T-0009T9-2K for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 23:05:07 +0000 Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 23:04:42 +0000 From: Roy Bamford Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: New project: Licenses To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <21135.9762.315927.594803@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> (from ulm@gentoo.org on Fri Nov 22 09:38:42 2013) X-Mailer: Balsa 2.4.13 Message-Id: <1385766306.3260.0@NeddySeagoon_SSD> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-+fKxXYMXVbayit62YVMA" X-Originating-smarthost01d-IP: [62.3.120.142] X-Archives-Salt: 30e0e892-7314-454e-88eb-1cf998b9fa5f X-Archives-Hash: be58cc49fa15376f86141f75d6894fb4 --=-+fKxXYMXVbayit62YVMA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2013.11.22 09:38, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > >>>>> On Thu, 21 Nov 2013, Roy Bamford wrote: >=20 > >> Indeed, that's one of the two TLPs that were suggested. The past=20 > QA > >> disliked having Licenses as their subproject, though. It depends=20 > on > >> how the role of QA is defined: If it is seen as primarily > technical, > >> then Licenses (which is largely non-technical) doesn't fit so=20 > well. >=20 > > ... or maybe a sub committee of the Gentoo Foundation Inc? > > because of the non technical and legal implications of the work. > > Trustees get involved with licence corner cases anyway, so a team=20 > of >=20 > > advisors would be a good fit. >=20 > I'd rather avoid the term "advisors", because we're no lawyers and > therefore cannot give any legal advice. Accepted. Licenses already uses the trustees when legal advice is=20 required. >=20 > It it clear that in some cases the licenses team will escalate issues > to the trustees and not to the council. Nevertheless, I see a project > (TLP or sub-project) as a good enough fit. So no need to invent new > structures for us. The main goal of having a project page is to > increase our visibility and to have a convenient starting point for > organising our information in the wiki. >=20 > Ulrich >=20 The Foundation bylaws already allow for committees, none have been=20 created yet but it would not be inventing a new structure.=20 None of this has anything to do with Licenses having a project page=20 or not. --=20 Regards, Roy Bamford (Neddyseagoon) a member of elections gentoo-ops forum-mods trustees = --=-+fKxXYMXVbayit62YVMA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJSmR2iAAoJEFZf0zWq3OcJQusP/2nKJ7Z3LD+jsSEdHixvnWUm RqwGHWH7sA6PRZPxR1YgfkLyDVap7zZJO/OyrnPK90oUtp6VAeuFMTEd3FePkfpm LnrhWYOOZVr1+MmxToZGLfvVpDhtNBFa42eFdxZP4V8+tj6HoiPw8pDN/cXIW3XO +IJPEoR5vPESVjwQQxFIKTpX+jaruQJmSyq9PeX5XO1F7hGNnNF8V0wY/fwrUz2l 157jRJlAJ0zFL0XedBnqwWeSgXeWmBVWANnTILuPTbXpnTb8zjedP1MhNrLko8aW 5UmtY17RAvWoaXtABf8A4gdtA1kGmoIvPF6uBmgBHJBmDFDNSBAAvUS2GdHsq3GH /CxBenkzca9NK1h+/u8haOtGIapud9yPSGASA7VQg15HHKDBGd03zGdWIv2IsU0m FOSelFYHCicyZ4USBJnvnUpsLgKIfj3w1AkB1p2gUpNRyFSixyqh2Engr+lSzfi4 HA3edAZ2IwWL1/8hAa49EN8J9MsacH338sB3EVkiHLpVtQakBmBeC71QcLfmqamI Bm8omEFFbf9tmpCG0khD5ytC9jkZ0c0IHMzJmr7Vs2g1CGoXxhPs+hY5vg6tEuBF JJkCTQo5FBd82Z6QKIpMVQA34CY76DA8RkgDbLBLrV9r1/42nw+KOt/Xmf7IgSXs hlM4yedWSFRgH55SopR1 =Lo6v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-+fKxXYMXVbayit62YVMA--