Re: [gentoo-project] Merging Trustees and Council / Developers and Foundation

["Michał Górny" <mgorny@gentoo.org>]

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On Thu, 5 Jan 2017 16:02:57 -0600
Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On 01/05/2017 03:56 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
> > 
> > As far as I understand, this would effectively require every developer
> > to be a member of the Foundation. I think that Foundation membership is
> > more legally binding than 'being a developer = having commit access'.
> > 
> > One thing I'm particular worried about is the potential of 'US
> > embargo'. What if a particular developer/recruit is/will not be legally
> > allowed to be a member of Gentoo Foundation?
> >   
> 
> 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.

The reality is as people/committees perceive it. I can imagine quite
a distinction between 'working on an international project' and 'being
enlisted member of US organization'.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny
<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/>

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