[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI Foundation

[Mike Carroll]

Along that particular note, would it be worthwhile to invest monetarily in OmniOS (since illumos distros-if you will (I hate the term)-CDDL copyleft license) contribute back to the illumos source code? Especially while we are figuring things out? My problem is that the bulk of the coding I know how to do is the scripting focused Python/Lua/Ruby and I am not exactly sure how well that would work within the OpenIndiana ecosystem.

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From: Till Wegmueller <toasterson at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI Foundation

Ok, Just a quick Info mail before everybody gets attached to things.

In the Maintainer call the founding of a Foundation/ or Rather
Association has been discussed quite a bit. And it's in fact a process
that was started once but not with a high priority. Thus far getting in
Volunteers has been a higher priority rather than Organising cash or
governance.

I get the benefits of a Foundation and a central spot to look at in
Governance, but thus far we are one core developer (Andreas Wacknitz)
and supporting maintainers. I love the initiative and Engagement that
people bring here. And it's needed. But we don't need an official
Signoff space yet. If people are willing to invest into development, we
are not holding you guys back. But please be aware who you are and how
much you have to do with the OI and in fact illumos brand and if another
name is not more appropriate for an outside initiated initiative. ;)

Greetings
- Till

On 26.05.21 18:32, Gerard Arthus wrote:
> We can roll illumos into the foundation; we can keep the books ourselves,
> just have to pay a cpa to sign off on it if that is desired. I would do the
> tax preparation myself unless a large amount of money was involved. I would
> only do this if the finances were completely transparent and everything was
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>> Yes, I too think it is a good idea and worth a try.
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>> On 26/05/2021 20:40, Apostolos Syropoulos via openindiana-discuss wrote:
>>>> We can get this going with at least 3-4 individuals; if there is
>> interest I
>>>> can start putting something together.
>>> This is definitely a great idea.
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