Sébastien Wilmet wrote at 15:35 (EDT) on Sunday:
> We can also upgrade our software licences to the GPLv3 and LGPLv3.
While this is a separate issue from the main thread, I must admit that I
personally would very much like to see this happen. I gave a talk at
GUADEC four or five years ago now exp
Hi,
I am a member of the Docs team, and interned with the Foundation in OPW
July - September'13.
I would like to apply to become a part of the Membership Committee as
well, because I think it's time I start getting more familiar with the
organisational workings of GNOME.
Best,
Aruna
Dear Foundation members,
Due to a shortfall in the budget, the Foundation board voted on
2014-04-08 to freeze all expenditure which is not essential to the
running of the Foundation. This freeze affects sponsorship expenses
which are unpaid at this time, but it does not affect the funds which
we h
I'll play devil's advocate here:
Couldn't GNOME use funds from these various sponsors to fund activities
more directly beneficial to its future than OPW?
I'll leave the question of what these other activities might be to the
engagement core team, who discuss that at length and will certainly have
On Sat, 2014-04-12 at 01:45 +0200, Mathieu Duponchelle wrote:
> I'll play devil's advocate here:
>
> Couldn't GNOME use funds from these various sponsors to fund activities
> more directly beneficial to its future than OPW?
No, for two reasons:
1. My understanding after reading the FAQ is t
Thanks for the answer.
I think the question deserves being asked, I'd be interested in other
opinions,
as well as hopefully facts about sponsors' involvement (of particular
interest would
be the question to know if they see sponsoring OPW as just a way to help
GNOME
at large or if they do have a p
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Germán Poo-Caamaño wrote:
> > I'll play devil's advocate here:
> >
> > Couldn't GNOME use funds from these various sponsors to fund activities
> > more directly beneficial to its future than OPW?
>
I think a better approach might be: how can we motivate sponsors
I'm not sure this is a direct answer to the question I was asking,
but yes it is clear that finding more funding would be beneficial in the
absolute,
I have absolutely no clue regarding that though :)
On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 2:44 AM, meg ford wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Germán P
On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 5:02 AM, Ekaterina Gerasimova <
kittykat3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The board expects that you may have some questions or would like to
> know more details about the problem, please read
> https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/CurrentBudgetFAQ and contact
> the board at board
