Hello Henri,
Tuesday, March 28, 2000, 11:03:10 PM, you wrote:
> The project has been growing steadily for the last year, and now it
> could be a good point to organize a bit. We could found a nonprofit
> organization to handle some aspects of this project. The benefits
> here would be the ability to own property and handle donations
> without having to channel those through private contributors. The
> money would at first be going for things like domains, but at a
> later point also arranging training events and workshops would be
> possible with this. It could also clarify the copyright situation
> with the core Midgard libraries, as their ownership could be
> transferred to the organization. This would make the software much
> safer to develop with. If we want to found this organization, a good
Yes, when a code is owned by different contributors inside one project
several problems could arise like: what to do with modifications when
owner is detached itself from project.
> place for it could be Finland, as we have quite many project
> participants here, and most of us also already have experience in
> running nonprofits.
I agree with you. Actually it is not a problem to found NP elsewhere
but for day-to-day work a location of most developers should be
preferable.
> The membership for the organization should be open to all project
> contributors for free, and possibly also to others for a nominal
> fee.
This is a reasonable variant.
> For the first year, I'd like to have a majority (or all) board
> members to be living in Finland, because there are often situations
> demanding a sudden meeting before the procedures settle down, and
> having all board members available on a short notice would be a good
> thing.
OK for me (I'm too busy with my work on Ph.D. thesis and work in
University to be daily involved with administration duties)
> What do you think? I'd like to see some discussion
> on this, and if we decide to continue with the plan
> already hold the founding meeting within a month.
> Oh, and as the name, how would The Midgard Project Ry
> sound? (Ry being short for registrated nonprofit in
> Finnish)
Are we have to use this suffix or it could be omitted? Personally, I
would like to see "The Midgard Project" as a name because "mysterious"
Ry will be a problem for the newcomers not familiar with Finnish laws.
I even expect that question about "Ry" will be included into FAQ :-)
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Best regards,
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