Hello,
let me jump in with some explanations, as I can imagine that this notice
might irritate some people.
Since you know from our bylaws, the members of TDF play a very central
role and have lots of powers inside the future foundation -- just like
what we promised, a community-driven project. These powers will also be
legally fixed and can therefore be enforced, so the community's powers
do not depend on the goodwill of the board or any entity, but they are
legally enforcable. This is a major difference to the situation we had
before, and a major improvement, since now finally all the powers are in
the hands of the members, i.e. of our community.
Many of you will remember that this was also one of the reasons to go
for a German Foundation, because this helps us in ensuring these
community powers.
The members' addresses are required for TDF itself for administrative
tasks, e.g. in order to to verify the membership or to get in touch with
members in case the e-mail address becomes invalid, but also for the
authorities, because they can ultimately ensure the foundation follows
the will of its members -- for which they need to know how to reach
these members.
I of course understand and do agree that in these times of data mining
web sites and corporations, people are very sensitive in handing out
their data.
The e-mail by Sophie was meant as an advance notification that soon, we
need to ask for your data because of the reasons stated above, and that
we will provide mechanisms for the secure transfer of this data,
together with explanations and a dedicated privacy policy. You are *not*
required to send in your data right now.
So, sorry for this rush and the confusion -- seeing it positive, it
means that the foundation status makes great progress and that soon
things will be hopefully finalized. (I will, of course, blog on the
progress soon.)
So, stay tuned for soon we will be sending out detailed information on
this topic. For any questions, feel free to ask them in this thread, as
I am sure a dedicated FAQ on that topic will be quite helpful.
And now: Happy birthday, LibreOffice, and thanks to everyone for being
with us! :-)
Florian
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