Re: [License-discuss] OSI practicing what we preach

2019-06-06 Thread Bruce Perens via License-discuss
An ethically-operated for-profit is possible, but easier as a non-profit, and has tax advantages if it operates for a charitable purpose. Thanks Bruce On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 2:53 AM Henrik Ingo wrote: > I was unaware that we preach that only non-profits can operate free > software. From my poi

Re: [License-discuss] OSI practicing what we preach

2019-06-06 Thread Henrik Ingo
I was unaware that we preach that only non-profits can operate free software. From my point of view sub contracting such tasks is a great idea, if OSI has funds for it. Especially since list traffic is public anyway, the privacy risk is small. Obviously we should in any case select an operator that

[License-discuss] OSI practicing what we preach

2019-06-05 Thread Bruce Perens via License-discuss
I agree with Rick that Free Software organizations, and that includes OSI, should make use of entirely free software run for them by a non-profit that contributes its modifications back to the projects. But I don't know who that would be today. Should we be putting together crowdfunding to create s