[oi-dev] OI Foundation

[Reginald Beardsley]

Do we need an OI specific organization? Why could this not be handled by the existing Illumos Foundation? That was what I was going to propose. We're using the same base OS. So far as I know, OI just adds GUI support. So having the Illumos Foundation simply maintain a ledger entry for OI specific financial contributions and disburse them seems much lower cost.

Another foundation is immediately burdened by the cost of tax preparation among other things.

Reg

     On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 12:33:31 PM CDT, Gerard Arthus <garthus801 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Well I need one to two more people to place their name on the entity we create. It would be set up that there would be no compensation for members of the Board and that all revenues collected would go to Code development and maintenance. I and some others will provide the money for the filing fees and we can run it from one of my servers. As far as cleaning up the technical documentation...That can be dealt with after the foundation is established. I like the FREEBSD Model and could begin the process as soon as others agree.
Gerry
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On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 1:13 PM Reginald Beardsley via oi-dev <oi-dev at openindiana.org> wrote:

 Thanks for offering to do this. I've been pondering how to hire human resources to support OI, but somewhat reluctant to post about it as I tried 8-10 years ago without success.

I am *very* interested in contributing money to such an organization on an annual basis at around $200/yr. In particular I think we need a tech writer to clean up the documentation, especially the wiki. Being able to hire developers would be a huge boon. But if we just cleaned up the ancient cruft in the wiki it would make life much easier.

My personal view is that without financial support from the user community OI is in serious jeopardy. That would distress me greatly. For me, contributing money is much less of a burden than trying to work on stuff myself.

Reg

     On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 11:50:02 AM CDT, Gerard Arthus <garthus801 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 I have been using Solaris since 1999 and was always impressed with its stability. If there is interest in putting together a Foundation or organization for Open Indiana, I will take care of all of the legal aspects concerning its establishment; however there will have to be other interested people willing to place their names on the governing body of such an organization.  Anyone interested should contact me through this list or you can use my personal email. The tax deductible aspect is what can actually attract funding and this can be accomplished with a little work. I would much prefer an organization where the people running it are volunteers and all proceeds will go   to the maintenance of the OI codebase and related software applications.
We can get this going with at least 3-4 individuals; if there is interest I can start putting something together.
Best wishes,
Gerry
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