From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 562DE139085 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2017 22:17:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 69052234059; Thu, 5 Jan 2017 22:17:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail2.obsidian-studios.com (mail2.obsidian-studios.com [45.79.71.79]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0CD6A234055 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2017 22:17:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 2050 invoked from network); 5 Jan 2017 22:17:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO assp2.obsidian-studios.com) (wlt@::ffff:127.0.0.1) by ::ffff:127.0.0.1 with ESMTPA; 5 Jan 2017 22:17:38 -0000 X-Assp-Version: 2.5.3(16294) on assp2.obsidian-studios.com X-Assp-ID: assp2.obsidian-studios.com m1-54657-18272 X-Assp-Session: 3781810F7C0 (mail 1) X-Assp-Envelope-From: wlt-ml@o-sinc.com X-Assp-Intended-For: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org X-Assp-Server-TLS: yes Received: from unknown ([fdbe:bad:a55:0:1::211] helo=wlt.localnet) by assp2.obsidian-studios.com with SMTPSA(TLSv1_2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256) (2.5.3); 5 Jan 2017 14:17:37 -0800 From: "William L. Thomson Jr." To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Merging Trustees and Council / Developers and Foundation Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2017 17:17:36 -0500 Message-ID: Organization: Obsidian-Studios, Inc. User-Agent: KMail/5.3.3 (Linux/4.7.5-gentoo; KDE/5.28.0; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <20170105231403.5c44eb6d.mgorny@gentoo.org> References: <57d3af79-4212-b8b9-40df-6120b1445c8b@gentoo.org> <20170105231403.5c44eb6d.mgorny@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1521967.t17GNDyUpV"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: cfe4fab6-740e-43d4-9cd9-13547c356747 X-Archives-Hash: 547adcc87cf064744b04daf26db8bc6c --nextPart1521967.t17GNDyUpV Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Thursday, January 5, 2017 11:14:03 PM EST Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jan 2017 16:02:57 -0600 >=20 > Matthew Thode wrote: > > On 01/05/2017 03:56 PM, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny 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 =3D having commit access= '. > > >=20 > > > One thing I'm particular worried about is the potential of 'US > > > embargo'. What if a particular developer/recruit is/will not be legal= ly > > > allowed to be a member of Gentoo Foundation? > >=20 > > 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. >=20 > 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'. Liability wise, working on the project makes you and the project more liabl= e=20 than being a member. Foundation members do not really bring any liability.= =20 Developers actions can cause liability. Liability comes from Developers not= =20 foundation members. I am not sure foundation members could ever be liable for anything. =2D-=20 William L. Thomson Jr. --nextPart1521967.t17GNDyUpV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EABECAB0WIQTEeldqZjmVut8bVHJNcbKkg6ozUAUCWG7GAAAKCRBNcbKkg6oz UDPTAJ42qydD0eh7IOkiw+MxGJmRQ78MMQCfcuUVTVdi9O+R4kK6FRnb2XswZnw= =61/v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1521967.t17GNDyUpV--