We don't have any jurisdiction over Mer, Jolla, and similar
efforts (fortunately). Bylaws doesn't exclude collaboration - or
even merging, if approriate - with such projects, but base goal
is continuation of support for user of Maemo flavors (incl.
Harmattan).
/Estel
On śro 11 lip 2012 05:25:10 CEST, S. Howard <[email protected]>
wrote:
> This will also apply to MeeGo/JollaMobile efforts?
>
> Howard.
>
> On 10/07/2012 17:06, robert bauer wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > In order to continue the community at www.maemo.org
in the future, it
> > will be necessary to migrate much of the
infrastructure and associated
> > elements to a new site and to establish a separate
entity for that
> > purpose. See
> > generally http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=84933. ;
The attached
> > bylaws are proposed for discussion. Please note that
this is
> > primarily a legal document and this is not the
appropriate place to
> > discuss many of the issues associated with the actual
migration of
> > the community.
> >
> > The first thing you may notice is the name. Because
Maemo is
> > trademarked by Nokia and we don't want to experience
problems, or even
> > delay, while the issue is worked out, we have decided
to suggest
> > Hildon Foundation as the name. There is also a
recognition that Maemo
> > may be regarded as having commercially tarnished by
Nokia's negligence
> > of the software, and so it might be good to use a
different name in
> > any event. Either one of the domain names www.maemocommunity.org
and
> > www.hildonfoundation.org
have been registered and will be available
> > for the community if we choose to use them.
> >
> > Because this is a legal document, the discussion of
the mission is
> > broadly stated in historical context so that the
entity has much
> > flexibility. Although Maemo and Hildon are mentioned,
this should not
> > be regarded as any implication at all that Qt,
Harmattan, CSSU,
> > Cordia, kp, or any other specific software related to
Maemo will not
> > be supported by the entity.
> >
> > The operations of the NPE allow it to cooperate with
Nokia, Jolla, or
> > other commercial entity. However, the entity is
obligated to itself
> > permanently be an open source organization.
> >
> > Perhaps the section of most interest and discussion
will be Membership
> > and Governance. It is suggested that we keep the
present "open"
> > nature of the maemo community to the extent
practical. But this is
> > not meant to be predetermined and alternative
structures may be
> > proposed and adopted. It is also unknown whether a
voting mechanism
> > opf the current maemo infrastructure will continue to
be available.
> > The composition of the initial Board also needs to be
carefully
> > determined and this is surrounded by brackets.
> >
> > The finances and budgets will be worked out once the
entity is in
> > place and can establish a bank account.
> >
> > The jurisdiction does not dictate the location of the
servers or
> > repositories, or the nationality of the Board
members. Pennsylvania
> > is suggested because it has more lax requirements than
Delaware and
> > better suited for smaller organizations. Europe is
also available and
> > so the jurisdiction is surrounded by brackets. The
main
> > considerations are speed and start-up costs.
> >
> > Council discussed a prior draft of the bylaws at its
July 6 meeting
> > and you may refer to the logs for that discussion.
Please don't take
> > offense if an issue important to you has not been
mentioned in this
> > mail - please raise it and discuss it as you wish.
> >
> > Rob (SD69)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
>
>
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