> > I am going through the paperwork for incorporating the foundation and > > one of the items that I have to provide is "The general purpose" of the > > organization. I want to request community input of this. This needs to > > be concise and clear, say five bullet points. Remember, we are aiming > > for 501(c)(3) status as a "scientific/research organization". > > - Act as an elected community representative body that makes various > kinds of decisions regard to open hardware development strategy. > - Use donations to subsidize developers who need hardware in order to > participate in open hardware projects. > - Develop specifications and standards for open hardware systems. > - Develop training materials and educate people in hardware design > methodologies. > - Generally promote open hardware as an important paradigm shift in > the IT industry.
I wonder if there are examples available of paperwork that was and wasn't accepted. Is the 501(c)(3) paperwork used by the FSF available under the GPL? :-) (assuming the FSF applied for 501(c)(3)) _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
