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It +</I>><i> is offered simply a means to fund the community, not a community in itself. +</I> +Well, its resources for its development depends on its revenue; so it +makes sense to fund the project's community if it gets something from +the project that it can value and sell in some way and make a profit +from it. + +><i> 4 - it is a nonprofit organization by its own structure. +</I> +Well, it can be a for-profit too (profit redistribution following +specific rules). + +><i> My idea is that we create a software cooperative that is dedicated to +</I>><i> funding Mageia Linux through various digital and cooperative means. The +</I>><i> cooperative would contribute to Mageia, and Mageia would contribute back to +</I>><i> the community. That's the general plan, but I can make more specific +</I>><i> statements and answers to queries if needed/wanted. +</I> +If you have plans locally that make (business & technology) sense to +start such a structure, and you want to do it, do it. :) + +We might consider to build something to help in this regard from +Mageia point of view (doc, howto, contacts at least) if it makes +sense, but I guess this is rather too new/young for now. + +><i> Anyway, the most important thing is, it's a means to help the entire Linux +</I>><i> community grow. The definition of cooperative says much more than my +</I>><i> blabbering: "A co-operative is an autonomous association of persons united +</I>><i> voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and +</I>><i> aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled +</I>><i> enterprise." It's close enough to what you guys are doing. +</I> +It's close to that, yes. Actually, some discussed the option to have +such a structure first (before the announcement), but it was preferred +to keep it small, flexible and simple for a start (project +coordinated/backed by an association with no employee) and to +encourage for-profits (among others) to participate into the project. + +We have no specific plan about this yet (first major goal is to have +our release process up and done). Who knows, maybe the association +will have the means or the strategy to grow and employ people or to +fund a separate for-profit entity - that's fun & tricky but that's not +the focus for now anyway. + +Cheers! + +Romain +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="003411.html">[Mageia-discuss] A suggestion regarding community organization. +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#3410">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#3410">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#3410">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#3410">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |