-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Michael Renzmann wrote: > Hi all. > > First off: I hope that I managed to choose the right platform for my > inquiry ;) In case I failed, please accept my appologies in advance and > let me know who I should contact instead. Thanks. > > > I'm one of the guys behind the MadWifi project [1]. We intend to > incorporate as a non-profit now. Joining a non-profit umbrella such as the > SPI or the SFC (Software Freedom Conservancy [2]) for that purpose is very > appealing for us; we are all technical guys and we're thankful for every > administrative task that we don't need to take care of. > > As far as I could find out by now, it seems to me that SPI and SFC offer > pretty similar services to its members. One difference I can see is the > option to accept (tax-deductible?) donations through partners in Germany, > Italy and Canada (on SPI's side), while SFC so far "only" has accounts in > the US. Are there other important differences that I might have missed?
I won't argue against SFC as they are only trying to do what we are trying to do, which is to help FOSS sofware projects. What I will due is point out our particular strengths. * SPI has been around a long time. We have taken our lumps and have learned and are continuing to learn from them. * We have an active board that is continually looking for ways to help our affiliated projects. * We have some of the largest and well known FOSS software projects in the world as affiliated projects (Debian, PostgreSQL, OpenOffice.Org, FreeDesktop.org). * The board conducts all non-confidential business on our -private list for our contributing members to see and participate. Please feel free to ask any specific questions. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake Director and SPI PostgreSQL Liaison > > What "unique selling point(s)" do you see for SPI in comparisson to the SFC? > > Bye, Mike > > [1] http://madwifi.org > [2] http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org > > _______________________________________________ > Spi-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.spi-inc.org/listinfo/spi-general - -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ UNIQUE NOT NULL Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG+S9iATb/zqfZUUQRAjKtAKCVz4DPqLp7GFMMxO5B6dex50gXRwCZAY/2 ALf0bNiWfs1dZyM8+vq0kpo= =CfMl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Spi-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.spi-inc.org/listinfo/spi-general
