From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-project+bounces-236-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1JGIsm-0002uD-I2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:57:32 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CA70DE096B; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:57:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.184]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CC4BE096B for <gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:57:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id 18so2002491fkq.2 for <gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:57:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.195.10 with SMTP id s10mr6993871huf.9.1200769050010; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:57:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.33.13 with HTTP; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:57:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <b41005390801191057ge80e4d1o9f8760a60c01ca7e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:57:29 -0800 From: "Alec Warner" <antarus@gentoo.org> Sender: antarus@scriptkitty.com To: "Steve Long" <slong@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk> Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: A proposal to get out of this mess Cc: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <b41005390801191056j106dbff9w4c5b9affce27baea@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-project+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-project+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-project+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list <gentoo-project.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <42ebd5dc0801141711m30bc22bv2721d86d81ae4990@mail.gmail.com> <42ebd5dc0801150131rd5d6134sbbb8bfa2bdc2c9bf@mail.gmail.com> <478C8596.80005@gmail.com> <42ebd5dc0801150329g785478a5h7c95500d1de1dda6@mail.gmail.com> <20080115125109.13145wo79hytzfis@www2.mailstation.de> <42ebd5dc0801150505y4a355a7cx59d5ae178926d8f2@mail.gmail.com> <20080115141517.79027d1wf1obnkg8@www2.mailstation.de> <42ebd5dc0801150538oee57010g5947baee582b56fa@mail.gmail.com> <fmtgr7$eu5$1@ger.gmane.org> <b41005390801191056j106dbff9w4c5b9affce27baea@mail.gmail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: a2dd6025b69a58c4 X-Archives-Salt: 95b55455-5bf2-45f2-8bde-256a43b60856 X-Archives-Hash: 1b3e622578fdf375c4bda048f02be780 Gah, wrong sender address...why can't gmail just noticed that my gentoo.org address was in the thread before; I have no idea... On 1/19/08, Alec Warner <antarus@scriptkitty.com> wrote: > On 1/19/08, Steve Long <slong@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: > > Dominik Riva wrote: > > > > > On Jan 15, 2008 2:15 PM, Wulf C. Krueger <philantrop@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > > > >> Please explain why I should care about the Gentoo Foundation in your > > >> opinion. > > > > > > Maybe because it is a the part of Gentoo was designed to holds Gentoo's > > > assets? Things like the logo, servers, name, ... oh and don't forget the > > > money - all rather unimportant things, right? > > > > > Well I for one would like the option of never reincorporating to be > > discussed. The only thing that would matter is the trademark/brand. Infra > > seems to be owned by others in any case, people and organisations who use > > Gentoo as part of their work and thus have a vested interest in it > > continuing. > > We have existing relationships we would like to maintain and that > requires having a legal entity to maintian them. Having that entity > be a single individual leads us with a SPOF; hence the time currently > being spent to re-instate the foundation. > > -Alec > -- gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org mailing list