[squeak-dev] Squeak joins the Software Freedom Conservancy

Alexander Lazarević laza at blobworks.com
Thu Jul 1 08:51:38 UTC 2010


Great news!

2010/7/1 Andreas Raab <andreas.raab at gmx.de>

> [see also
> http://board.squeak.org/2010/07/01/squeak-joins-the-software-freedom-conservancy/]
>
> Squeak joins the Software Freedom Conservancy
>
> The Squeak Oversight Board is excited to announce that Squeak is now a
> member of the Software Freedom Conservancy[1]. 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, Squeak obtains the benefits of a formal legal
> structure while keeping focused on software development. The benefits of
> joining the Conservancy include, most notably, the ability to collect
> donations and protection from personal liability for the developers of the
> project. Another benefit of joining the Conservancy is we can use it to hold
> assets, which are managed by the Conservancy on behalf of and at the
> direction of the Squeak Oversight Board. The Conservancy is a tax-exempt
> 501(c)(3) organization, so member projects can receive tax-deductible
> donations to the extent allowed by law.
>
> [1] http://sfconservancy.org/overview/
>
>
>
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