Le lundi 16 décembre 2013, à 16:38 +0100, Mathieu Duponchelle a écrit : > >>One quick question: > >>On our side, there are two options we could go for, with > >>different charges and laws associated : > > >>1) We can create a non-profit association. > > >>2) We can create a regular Limited Liability Company (LLC), > >> SARL in French. > >Have there been any thoughts about a third option: actually having the > >Foundation hire the people? > > >There are probably several downsides (in terms of costs; in terms of > >legal paperwork, as I understand that this is about French people and > >the Foundation is still kind of US-centric for that matter; in terms of > >involvement from the Foundation; etc.). But on the other hand, it might > >make sense to at least think whether it's a good idea for the Foundation > >to employ developers. > > I am not sure what you have in mind here, the solution we are proposing > should be pretty straight forward in term of paperwork for the Gnome > fundation.
I'm not saying your proposed options are bad. I'm suggesting to step back a bit and consider if it makes sense for the Foundation to hire developers (in this case, the pitivi maintainers) in general, and consider a longer term investment, instead of contracting external people. Cheers, Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
