Perhaps try the Software Conservance again? I see that they recently accepted PyPy and Git
On Dec 28, 9:28 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > A foundation is a corporation and, believe it or not, in US a > corporation is a person: > > http://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/2010/01/the... > > The Django foundation was created two years ago (and Django is 4-5 > years older than web2py). Do you have any evidence that it has > improved its popularity: > > http://www.google.com/trends?q=django? > > Python has a foundation and it looks to me it is always broke. I just > spoke with a recruiter that was looking for Python programmers for a > big US bank and I complained that his client relied on a product > (Python) and did not make any donation to support it. The python > developers are not supported by the foundation, as far as I know. > > A foundation has costs higher than a corporation and I do not get > enough donation to cover those costs. A corporation > (experts4solutions) is cheaper (it still costs at least $500/year of > my own money). Moreover a foundation implies that design decision are > taken by committee and I do not believe in that. > > I consult with core developers and users on important matters but I > think there has to be one individual who ultimately takes decisions > about the direction of the project. > > We have explored the possibility of joining the free software > conservatory but we got no feedback. > > Rails is owned by a corporation (37signals) which is owned by one > individual. It seems to be the model works well for them. In my case I > decided not to pass copyright and trademark to experts4solutions > because I thought some would have criticized it. > > I am not the only committer to the main web2py branch. Jonathan L. is > also a committer and will use his power in case I am incapacitated. > Yet, that should not be a crowded space in order to avoid internal > conflicts. > > I will write a will that explains what happens to the web2py trademark > and copyright in case I die. > > Massimo > > On Dec 28, 2:12 am, Graham Dumpleton <graham.dumple...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > On Tuesday, December 28, 2010 5:37:30 PM UTC+11, mdipierro wrote: > > > > Not sure what a single person framework means. This framework counts > > > almost 100 contributors and at least 50 people very skilled here. If I > > > get hit by a track any of them can take over by forking my branch as > > > allowed by the license. > > > That last line actually supports the idea that a piece of software is owned > > and controlled by a single person. If a piece of software was owned by a > > group, be it a corporation or a foundation, the death of the core developer > > would make no difference as it would continue to be developed within the > > structure of that corporation or foundation and copyright still held by the > > continuing entity. > > > In your case, if you get hit by a bus driven by a disgruntled Python > > developer, then no one else can simply take over the software as it is now, > > using any existing legal structure etc. Instead it would as you say need to > > be forked and in being forked legally may even need to change names as a > > result if you have sole rights over the original name. > > > So, your own words support the contention expressed by some that it is > > 'single person framework' as far as ownership and control is concerned, an > > issue which is distinct from whether or not you have other contributors. > > > Graham > > > > The purpose of the foundation is to collect money for development and > > > advertising. Other organization like Rails have chose to create a > > > company instead of a foundation. > > > > We have created a company (experts4solutions.com) whose purpose is to > > > promote skilled web2py professionals (and you can joins), foster > > > web2py projects, sell consulting and long term support contracts. > > > > This was advertised here a few months ago. Some users have joined. > > > > Massimo > > > > On Dec 27, 9:46 pm, Pepe Araya <pepe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > some news about this topic? > > > > > I think 2 things are going in favor of creating a foundation or > > > [whatever]: > > > > 1. the community has grown a lot. > > > > 2. in all the reviews I read about web2py, always, always, ALWAYS!!! say > > > it > > > > is a single-person framework and that takes away the future security of > > > > their development. > > > > > kind regards > > > > > Pepe
