Hi Craig -

Sounds interesting. One question: The draft agreement refers to "Free 
Software" in paragraph 2a which is later used to specify that "The 
Conservancy will only intervene in the program activities to the extent 
the Project is not in compliance with Paragraph 2(a) or Paragraph 5 of 
this Agreement". Do you know if the Software Freedom Conservancy is okay 
with Squeak-L as "Free Software" (which is not OSI Open Source(tm) 
compliant) or whether that makes it dependent on a license change? In 
particular, would it mean that if the SqF supports activities that use 
Squeak-L it would trigger the above clause?

Just curious,
   - Andreas

Craig Latta wrote:
> Hi all--
> 
>      Following a suggestion from Ron Teitelbaum, the elected Squeak
> leadership is considering making Squeak a member project in the Software
> Freedom Law Center's Software Freedom Conservancy[1, 2]. Here's the
> Conservancy's description of themselves from their website:
> 
> ***
> 
>      The Software Freedom Conservancy is an organization composed of
> Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) projects. As a fiscal sponsor for
> FOSS projects, the Conservancy provides member projects with free
> financial and administrative services, but does not involve itself with
> technological and artistic decisions.
> 
>      By joining the Conservancy, member FOSS projects obtain the
> benefits of a formal legal structure while keeping themselves focused on
> software development. These benefits include, most notably, protection
> from personal liability for project developers. Another benefit of
> joining the Conservancy is that projects can use it to hold assets,
> which are managed by the Conservancy on behalf of and at the direction
> of the project. The Conservancy is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization,
> so member projects can receive tax-deductible donations to the extent
> allowed by law.
> 
> ***
> 
>      Our discussions with them have gone very well, and we now have a
> proposed membership agreement (for now, at [3]). The Squeak leadership
> is unanimously in favor of it.
> 
>      Please read this agreement and voice any concerns with it here on
> squeak-dev.
> 
>      We currently plan to take action on 15 August 2007.
> 
> 
>      thanks!
> 
> -C
> 
> [1] http://www.softwarefreedom.org
> [2] http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org
> [3] http://netjam.org/squeak/SqueakSponsorshipAgreement.pdf
> 
> --
> Craig Latta
> improvisational musical informaticist
> www.netjam.org
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