Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 15:53:40 +0200 From: "Julian Stacey Jhs@jhs.muc.de" <jhs@jhs.muc.de> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: bod@FreeBSDFoundation.org Subject: Re. The Foundation [was Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral] Message-ID: <200107081353.f68Drec45358@jhs.muc.de> In-Reply-To: Message from Richard Hodges <rh@matriplex.com> of "Sat, 07 Jul 2001 10:30:06 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.10.10107071003530.12602-100000@mail.matriplex.com>
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Hackers, CC bod@FreeBSDFoundation.org Wind River might be cautious & slow when considering donating the FreeBSD trademark to a FreeBSD Foundation controlled by a board of just 3 directors, that even FreeBSD people are just getting to know of, & have yet to evaluate as `The Foundation'. Wind River might find it easier & quicker to decide to donate the trademark to the foundation, if the foundation comprised not just 3 self appointed directors, but perhaps included at least 3 non executive directors on their board. Adding 3 non-execs might increase the assurance of others too, not just WR. BOD could invite core to nominate the first few that BOD appoint. The non execs could retire by chronological rotation, as real directors do. As I recall FreeBSD Inc (ie jkh & dg, a team of 2) once held the trademark, then it moved to Walnut, then BSDi, then Wind River. If DEC can be bought by Compaq, & British Telecom can run into financial trouble, I see no reason to believe Wind River to be a magic safe haven, but equally, FreeBSD Foundation with just 3 on the board, has merely a 50% greater attraction as a safe haven run by 3 FreeBSD trustees, than FreeBSD Inc. had with a team of 2. Safety in numbers: If BOD want just 3 execs to make operations easy, fine, _But_ if BOD want us to be broadly reaasured that they will be a safe haven for FreeBSD assets such as the trademark, It'd look much better if BOD appointed some non-execs to their board, purely in a supervisory/trustee, non-exec role. The sooner BOD appoint a handfull of non-execs, some nominated by core, the sooner it'll be easy to encourage Wind River to donate the trademark, before who knows what might happen at, to, or within Wind River ? Julian J.Stacey Munich Unix (FreeBSD, Linux etc) Consultant http://bim.bsn.com/~jhs/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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