On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Fabio Varesano <fabio.vares...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I see no scenario under which KiCad will "loose its open source status". > > > Also, there are legal ways in getting money from the community without > risking to forget the focus of freedoms and openness. > > For example there could be a legally registered, democratically driven, > non-profit association having clearly detailed in its Statuses its role in > fostering the growth of KiCad and its focus on keeping the freedom aspects > of the project alive. > > Again the Drupal project is a very good example of all of this: > https://association.drupal.org/about > Also interesting their Statuses > https://association.drupal.org/about/history/drupal-vzw-statutes >
I think the main point the OP was trying to make is that just merely adding a "Donate" button without thinking about the underlying structure risks splitting a project apart. -- Henry von Tresckow (hvontres) _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
