On 01/06/2017 02:43 AM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 5. Januar 2017, 16:02:57 CET schrieb Matthew Thode:
>>
>> I think that this brings us more in line with the legal realities of
>> running a distro like this.  We may want to be separate but don't think
>> that's actually the case.  So we should stop pretending we are separate.
> 
> Well, that would probably merit looking around how other distros are working. 
> 
> Without doing any detailed research, I'd say
> * OpenSuSE, Fedora: "community branch" of a commercial enterprise
> * Debian, Arch: via umbrella company (SPI)
> 
> So none of these uses the suggested model.
> 
I hadn't thought of that. Looking past the obvious shortcomings of
trusting a commercial entity to foster the community, are there any
corporations that have the know-how and resources to throw at Gentoo?
Who could be a worthy sponsor? Without a suitable candidate, it's hard
for us to seriously consider sponsorship. And of course, that decision
would be made on a case-by-case basis.

To clarify, I'm against a commercial sponsor but am interested in
learning who, if anyone, could be considered good enough to be our steward.

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