Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] MOTION: French visa for Samson Goddy to attend 10-year Anniversary Scratch Conf / 50-year Anniversary of Logo

2017-06-14 Thread James Cameron
On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 07:20:16AM +0200, Tony Anderson wrote: > This thread still refers to Samson Goddy obtaining a visa to attend > a Scratch Conference in Bordeaux France. I still have no idea how > this thread got distracted to discussing details of software > licensing. The primary issue here

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] MOTION: French visa for Samson Goddy to attend 10-year Anniversary Scratch Conf / 50-year Anniversary of Logo

2017-06-14 Thread Tony Anderson
This thread still refers to Samson Goddy obtaining a visa to attend a Scratch Conference in Bordeaux France. I still have no idea how this thread got distracted to discussing details of software licensing. The primary issue here is whether or not he can get a visa and can attend the conference.

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] MOTION: French visa for Samson Goddy to attend 10-year Anniversary Scratch Conf / 50-year Anniversary of Logo

2017-06-14 Thread D. Joe
On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 07:06:06AM +0200, Tony Anderson wrote: > It must be a sign of a mature organization that it has so much time to > devote to this. Dealing with the strictures of the law and of various agreements is not, as you might cast it, some luxury that we are indulging in. This is o

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] MOTION: French visa for Samson Goddy to attend 10-year Anniversary Scratch Conf / 50-year Anniversary of Logo

2017-06-14 Thread James Cameron
On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 07:06:06AM +0200, Tony Anderson wrote: > It must be a sign of a mature organization that it has so much time > to devote to this. It helps them avoid real work, like maintaining activities. ;-) > Keep in mind, Samson is going to a Scratch conference. As I > understand it,

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] MOTION: French visa for Samson Goddy to attend 10-year Anniversary Scratch Conf / 50-year Anniversary of Logo

2017-06-13 Thread Tony Anderson
It must be a sign of a mature organization that it has so much time to devote to this. Keep in mind, Samson is going to a Scratch conference. As I understand it, Scratch is now based on Flash. The nature of Flash makes 'open source' and 'free software' a bit problematic. Tony On 06/13/2017 11

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] MOTION: French visa for Samson Goddy to attend 10-year Anniversary Scratch Conf / 50-year Anniversary of Logo

2017-06-13 Thread D. Joe
Open Source and Free Software are not mutually exclusive terms. Perhaps you are thinking of the distinctions between copyleft software versus permissively licensed software? For those to whom this is old news, please forgive this brief review, but it seems important at this point to get it out t

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] MOTION: French visa for Samson Goddy to attend 10-year Anniversary Scratch Conf / 50-year Anniversary of Logo

2017-06-13 Thread Samson Goddy
On Jun 12, 2017 1:33 PM, "Adam Holt" wrote: On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 8:22 AM, Ignacio Rodríguez wrote: > Sorry I did not reply before. > > It's a yes (+1) for me. > Let's hope everyone votes now! > Yes! This motion will pass (4 out of 7 votes is the bare minimum) with a big thanks to all for s

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] MOTION: French visa for Samson Goddy to attend 10-year Anniversary Scratch Conf / 50-year Anniversary of Logo

2017-06-13 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Samuel Greenfeld wrote: > My experience with the SFC is that while they like to do license > enforcement, they are not platform purists. If you look at the bottom of > sfconservancy.org they have their own social media accounts. > I completely agree with this. T

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] MOTION: French visa for Samson Goddy to attend 10-year Anniversary Scratch Conf / 50-year Anniversary of Logo

2017-06-12 Thread Adam Holt
On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 8:22 AM, Ignacio Rodríguez wrote: > Sorry I did not reply before. > > It's a yes (+1) for me. > Let's hope everyone votes now! > Yes! This motion will pass (4 out of 7 votes is the bare minimum) with a big thanks to all for staying engaged in support of Sugar Labs, until

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] MOTION: French visa for Samson Goddy to attend 10-year Anniversary Scratch Conf / 50-year Anniversary of Logo

2017-06-12 Thread Ignacio Rodríguez
Sorry I did not reply before. It's a yes (+1) for me. Let's hope everyone votes now! Thanks, Ignacio On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 9:16 AM, Adam Holt wrote: > On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 8:07 AM, Samson Goddy > wrote: > >> To those members who haven't voted.. could you please come and vote. >> > > Tha

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] MOTION: French visa for Samson Goddy to attend 10-year Anniversary Scratch Conf / 50-year Anniversary of Logo

2017-06-12 Thread Adam Holt
On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 8:07 AM, Samson Goddy wrote: > To those members who haven't voted.. could you please come and vote. > Thanks you Ignacio, Lionel & Laura if you can please vote Yes or No immediately !! PS i (presume) this motion expires 3:28 PM NYC Time today, in 7+ hours from now, i.e.

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] MOTION: French visa for Samson Goddy to attend 10-year Anniversary Scratch Conf / 50-year Anniversary of Logo

2017-06-12 Thread Samson Goddy
To those members who haven't voted.. could you please come and vote. It is very disappointing that this motion is still pending. I am to travel to lagos tomorrow and i really need to know what will happen to the motion. Samson G On Jun 9, 2017 11:30 AM, "Adam Holt" wrote: > On Jun 7, 2017 7:59