On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Rafael Goncalves Martins <rafaelmart...@gentoo.org> wrote: > Yeah, but I think that there's a big difference about any developer > being allowed to create a project under the gentoo umbrella and create > a project and claim it as Gentoo sponsored without any review of the > council. I agree that it can exists in the Github account, or even in > our own infrastructure, but say that Gentoo supports it without a > previous analysis of the council is wrong IMHO.
In practice there is no difference. About the only "sponsorship" Gentoo projects get most of the time is hosting, and considering that they stuck this one on Github they're not really even getting that. That said, I see no reason why this project would be any less eligible for other forms of sponsorship than other projects are, assuming that somebody can make a compelling pitch for the Trustees. The Foundation is aimed to further Gentoo in particular in FOSS in general, so obviously we don't spend a lot on individual projects. When we do it tends to be in proportion to how it benefits the entire community, and I'm sure that community sentiments would be balanced accordingly. However, there aren't "real" projects and "wanna-be" projects in Gentoo. Rich
