Re: [RFC] Creating an OpenEmbedded founation

[Marcin Juszkiewicz <openembedded@hrw.one.pl>]

Dnia czwartek, 21 czerwca 2007, Holger Freyther napisał:

> Florian talked with Martin 'Joey' Schulze one of board members of the
> FFIS[1] and it might be possible to get an associated project with
> this organisation.

Can someone point to English version of their papers? Or atleast infos how 
they differ from SPI?

> Pros:
> 	-It is a european based non-protfit organization.
> 	-It is similiar to Software in the public interest
> 	-It has the tax-exemption status

> Cons/Unknown:
> 	There are a couple of things we need to ask before asking to get an
> associated project:
> 	-If people want to give money to OE and use FFIS, how much will be
> given to OE?

SPI takes 5%

- how look using money which we get donated?

> 	-What can we do with assets?
> 	-What will happen if we want/need to leave. Can we take donations
> with us?

donations & assets

> I think if we get a positive answer we should go the ffis route.

If they are alive and works like SPI then I can vote for them. But 
currently I cannot tell that I know something more then this letter.

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