Axiom Developers; Obviously this is also of interest to Axiom developers. I think we should encourage the creation of such an association in France and in other countries as well.
Regards, Bill Page. -----Original Message----- From: Joris van der Hoeven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: December 16, 2005 4:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; texmacs-dev@gnu.org; Komla DOMELEVO Subject: Re: [TeXmacs] Better system for donations Dear all, I am happy that several people are enthusiastic about creating a French association for promoting free software in science. At this very moment, besides me, the following people are interested to participate: Nicolas Ratier Loic Mazo Komla Domelevo Henri Lesourd It would be nice if you guys could start by working out a draft version of "les status de l'association". A few points: 1) The association might be called something like "Association pour les logiciels libres en science" 2) It should be made precise that we only promote free software (in the sense of GNU) and with applications in science. Probably, we should also include a few words or preamble about the importance of this issue and our objectives. 3) We have to make sure that it possible to receive donations and sell software, books and/or other services, which can be reinvested in the development and promotion of free software in science. 4) We have to think about allowing other free software projects in science joining our efforts in the future. In that case, possible money received by the association should be redistributed among the constituant projects in a clear and adequate way. If there are other people who would like to join our efforts, please let me know. At a certain point we might create a separate mailing list to this effect. Best wishes, Joris _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
