On 6/27/19 12:03 AM, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote: > On 6/26/19 11:54 PM, Matthew Thode wrote: >> On 19-06-26 21:45:48, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote: >>> On 6/25/19 1:23 AM, Robin H. Johnson wrote: >>>> To the Council nominees, I put forward the following questions, around >>>> the Gentoo Foundation: >>>> >>>> 1. What's your opinion of the past relationship between the Council & >>>> Foundation? >>> >>> The council has been critical of the way the foundation has been run, >>> for good reasons. >>> >> >> Do you mind enumerating the reasons and the actions you wish to see >> taken? > > The foundation has failed to run an operation in accordance with the > laws and legislation of a foundation when it comes to, in particular, > accounting matters of a number of years, which is a disgrace. The > primary responsibility of the board of directors and its officers is to > ensure that the foundation comply with applicable laws and file the > necessary paperwork for its operation for things including tax matters. the other thing the foundation is responsible for is protecting copyright, in this case there isn't a significant issue, but it needs to keep track of, and defend against, others using the Gentoo brand for various cases (since most of Gentoo Foundation IP is tied to the logo/brand) and no anything related to the actual code (that belongs to other copyright owners) -- Kristian Fiskerstrand OpenPGP keyblock reachable at hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net fpr:94CB AFDD 3034 5109 5618 35AA 0B7F 8B60 E3ED FAE3