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Re: Future code ownership
- From: Andrew Lunn <andrew dot lunn at ascom dot ch>
- To: Jonathan Larmour <jifl at jifvik dot org>
- Cc: eCos Maintainers <ecos-maintainers at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 17:42:21 +0100
- Subject: Re: Future code ownership
- References: <3DFDF6B7.8090008@jifvik.org>
> 5) A new not-for-profit organisation, e.g. "the eCos foundation". There is
> considerable difficulty for non-USers to set this up, and the process can
> take upwards of 6 months I believe. There may also be tedious obligations
> and overhead like accounts, board meetings, blah blah. Plus without any
> experience we may need lawyers, and therefore fees, etc. as well as any
> other charges for setting it up.
What about the English equivalent? I guess that means getting Charity
status. Have you look at this option? I guess it still needs lawyers
etc.
Andrew