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Copyright © 2000 by Dan Mueth and Havoc Pennington

This is a list of the most frequently asked questions about the + GNOME Foundation. +

1. General
1.1. What is the GNOME Foundation? +
1.2. Why does GNOME need the GNOME Foundation? +
1.3. Is there a web page for the GNOME Foundation? +
1.4. Where can I read the current draft of the GNOME Foundation charter? +
1.5. Who are the members of the GNOME Foundation? +
1.6. Is the GNOME Foundation an industry consortium? +
1.7. Why did so many large companies join the GNOME Foundation? +
1.8. Will GNOME continue to work with KDE to develop compatibility + and desktop standards? +
1.9. Who can I contact with questions about the GNOME Foundation? +
2. GNOME Foundation Structure
2.1. What does the advisory board do and who is on it? +
2.2. What is the board of directors and what does it do? +
2.3. What is the membership and what does it do? +
3. Joining the GNOME Foundation
3.1. Who can join the Membership? +
3.2. How can I join the GNOME Foundation as a member? +
3.3. Who can join the advisory board? +
3.4. Should my company join the GNOME Foundation? +
3.5. How can my company join the advisory board? +

1. General

1.1. What is the GNOME Foundation? +

The GNOME Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to + advancing the GNOME Project. The GNOME Project is a free + software development effort, intended to create an open source + platform for home, office, and appliance desktops. +

1.2. Why does GNOME need the GNOME Foundation? +

The GNOME Foundation serves several important roles: +

  1. GNOME has grown to a point where we have hundreds of developers as well + as a fair number of companies working together to improve GNOME. + GNOME's previous, completely informal method for making decisions does + not scale well to its current size. The GNOME Foundation will provide + a forum where all of the members of the GNOME community can have a + voice and help decide the direction that GNOME moves in. +

  2. GNOME needs a voice. The GNOME Foundation will be + responsible for communicating information about GNOME to + the media and corporations. +

  3. The GNOME Foundation will make GNOME more open. All of the important + "political" decisions which used to be made behind the scenes by the + top GNOME hackers will now be made in public by the GNOME Foundation. + Technical decisions will still be made by package maintainers. +

  4. The GNOME Foundation is a legal entity that can accept donations and + make purchases to benefit GNOME. +

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1.3. Is there a web page for the GNOME Foundation? +

For now, there is no dedicated GNOME Foundation page, only + the GNOME Project page. +

1.4. Where can I read the current draft of the GNOME Foundation charter? +

The current draft of the charter is at + http://www.decrem.com/gnomefdn.html. This is an informal document, + which will guide the lawyers as they write the formal paperwork + required for incorporation (such as the foundation bylaws). +

1.5. Who are the members of the GNOME Foundation? +

Anyone who has contributed to the GNOME Project may become a member of + the GNOME Foundation. The primary benefit of membership is the ability to vote + for the Foundation's board of directors. If you have CVS access, become a + member by adding your information to gnome-foundation/membership.txt in + CVS. Otherwise, mail your full real name, your email address, and a sentence + or so describing your contribution to GNOME to membership@gnome.org, and they + will add you. Contributions need not be code - documentation, webmastering, etc. +are also considered GNOME contributions. +

1.6. Is the GNOME Foundation an industry consortium? +

No. In the current draft of the charter, corporations are represented on + an advisory board, which has no decision-making power. Individuals + working for a corporation may be elected to the board of directors by a + popular vote of the GNOME Foundation membership (i.e. GNOME developers and + contributors). Also, the GNOME Foundation charter specifies that the + board of directors cannot have a majority of individuals affiliated with + any single company. +

1.7. Why did so many large companies join the GNOME Foundation? +

These companies wanted to see the Linux and UNIX desktop move forward + decisively, so put their support behind GNOME. +

1.8. Will GNOME continue to work with KDE to develop compatibility + and desktop standards? +

Yes. The GNOME Foundation is simply a response to the increasingly + difficult task of managing a project as large as the GNOME Project. It + does not represent a significant change in technical direction or overall + goals. It is not intended to be an attack on anyone else, simply a positive + step for GNOME. +

1.9. Who can I contact with questions about the GNOME Foundation? +

If you're a contributor or community member, you might mail + foundation-list@gnome.org, where discussion of the foundation is + ongoing. It's probably a good idea to read the current draft of the + charter first, to avoid repeating issues we've already covered. If you're + a member of the press, you might mail gnome-press-contact@gnome.org. +

2. GNOME Foundation Structure

2.1. What does the advisory board do and who is on it? +

The advisory board is comprised of companies and organizations which want + to further the progress of GNOME. This is a forum for them to communicate + with each other and the GNOME Foundation membership. They have no power + to make decisions about GNOME. We've invited the Debian Project and the + Free Software Foundation to join the advisory board in addition to the + companies who announced their support at LinuxWorld this year. +

2.2. What is the board of directors and what does it do? +

The board of directors is a group of GNOME contributors who are elected by + the membership (i.e. every person who contributes to GNOME). This group + oversees the GNOME Project and does its best to keep things running + smoothly, making decisions that need to be made. Typical activities of the + board might include approving the purchase of a new server, talking to + companies about getting involved with GNOME, making sure we have a release + roadmap and release coordinators, and so on. +

2.3. What is the membership and what does it do? +

The GNOME Foundation membership is comprised of everybody who + contributes to the GNOME project. Thus, it it primarily + comprised of volunteer GNOME contributors (even with all the + corporate contributions to GNOME, volunteers still make up the + majority of contributors - GNOME is a huge project). The + membership's primary role (aside from participation in the GNOME + Project) is to elect the board of directors. +

3. Joining the GNOME Foundation

3.1. Who can join the Membership? +

Anybody who contributes to GNOME can become a member. +

3.2. How can I join the GNOME Foundation as a member? +

Send an email to membership@gnome.org with your name, email address, + and a description of how you have contributed to GNOME. +

3.3. Who can join the advisory board? +

Any company or organization with an interest in GNOME can join the + advisory board. +

3.4. Should my company join the GNOME Foundation? +

The advisory board is a forum where your company can discuss GNOME with + other companies and key figures from the GNOME community. Joining the + advisory board also allows you to show your support for the GNOME Project. +

3.5. How can my company join the advisory board? +

In the current charter (which is not yet official, because we have not yet + legally incorporated the foundation), there is an annual fee of $10,000 to + join the advisory board. This money is used to support the GNOME Project, + by purchasing servers, attending conferences, etc. The companies that + announced their participation at LinuxWorld were expressing their intent + to join the foundation once it is formally incorporated. The primary benefit of + joining the advisory board is the opportunity to discuss GNOME issues + with the other companies on the board, and the opportunity to show your + support for the GNOME Project. +

If you're interested in discussing membership in the advisory board, + mail Miguel de Icaza (miguel@helixcode.com) and he'll put you in touch + with the interim steering committee we've established to handle + Foundation details until formal incorporation is complete. +

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