Copied the FAQ into these pages so we can have a nicer and more uniform
2001-07-16 Dan Mueth <d-mueth@uchicago.edu>
Copied the FAQ into these pages so we can have a nicer and
more uniform appearance. In the future, make sure to run
tidy first, since this is pretty ugly.
* charter.html:
* elections.html:
* faq-ln7.html:
* faq.html:
* index.html:
* membership-form.html:
* membership-policy.html:
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<h2 align="center">GNOME Foundation FAQ (copyright)</h2>
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not scale well to its current size. The GNOME Foundation will provide
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a forum where all of the members of the GNOME community can have a
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voice and help decide the direction that GNOME moves in.
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> GNOME needs a voice. The GNOME Foundation will be
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responsible for communicating information about GNOME to
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the media and corporations.
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></LI
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> The GNOME Foundation will make GNOME more open. All of the important
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||||||
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"political" decisions which used to be made behind the scenes by the
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||||||
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top GNOME hackers will now be made in public by the GNOME Foundation.
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><P
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> The GNOME Foundation is a legal entity that can accept donations and
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|
make purchases to benefit GNOME.
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><A
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|
>1.3. </B
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><B
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|
> </B
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||||||
|
> For now, there is no dedicated GNOME Foundation page, only
|
||||||
|
the GNOME Project page.
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><A
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><B
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>1.4. </B
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> Where can I read the current draft of the GNOME Foundation charter?
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|
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><DIV
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><B
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||||||
|
> </B
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> 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).
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||||||
|
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><P
|
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><A
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NAME="AEN45"
|
||||||
|
></A
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
>1.5. </B
|
||||||
|
> Who are the members of the GNOME Foundation?
|
||||||
|
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|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
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|
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||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
> </B
|
||||||
|
> 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.
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
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||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QUESTION"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><A
|
||||||
|
NAME="AEN50"
|
||||||
|
></A
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
>1.6. </B
|
||||||
|
> Is the GNOME Foundation an industry consortium?
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="ANSWER"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
> </B
|
||||||
|
> 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.
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QANDAENTRY"
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QUESTION"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><A
|
||||||
|
NAME="AEN55"
|
||||||
|
></A
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
>1.7. </B
|
||||||
|
> Why did so many large companies join the GNOME Foundation?
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="ANSWER"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
> </B
|
||||||
|
> These companies wanted to see the Linux and UNIX desktop move forward
|
||||||
|
decisively, so put their support behind GNOME.
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QANDAENTRY"
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QUESTION"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><A
|
||||||
|
NAME="AEN60"
|
||||||
|
></A
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
>1.8. </B
|
||||||
|
> Will GNOME continue to work with KDE to develop compatibility
|
||||||
|
and desktop standards?
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="ANSWER"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
> </B
|
||||||
|
> 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.
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QANDAENTRY"
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QUESTION"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><A
|
||||||
|
NAME="AEN65"
|
||||||
|
></A
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
>1.9. </B
|
||||||
|
> Who can I contact with questions about the GNOME Foundation?
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="ANSWER"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
> </B
|
||||||
|
> 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.
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QANDADIV"
|
||||||
|
><H3
|
||||||
|
><A
|
||||||
|
NAME="AEN69"
|
||||||
|
></A
|
||||||
|
>2. GNOME Foundation Structure</H3
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QANDAENTRY"
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QUESTION"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><A
|
||||||
|
NAME="AEN72"
|
||||||
|
></A
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
>2.1. </B
|
||||||
|
> What does the advisory board do and who is on it?
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="ANSWER"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
> </B
|
||||||
|
> 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.
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QANDAENTRY"
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QUESTION"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><A
|
||||||
|
NAME="AEN77"
|
||||||
|
></A
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
>2.2. </B
|
||||||
|
> What is the board of directors and what does it do?
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="ANSWER"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
> </B
|
||||||
|
> 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.
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QANDAENTRY"
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QUESTION"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><A
|
||||||
|
NAME="AEN82"
|
||||||
|
></A
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
>2.3. </B
|
||||||
|
> What is the membership and what does it do?
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="ANSWER"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
> </B
|
||||||
|
> 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.
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QANDADIV"
|
||||||
|
><H3
|
||||||
|
><A
|
||||||
|
NAME="AEN86"
|
||||||
|
></A
|
||||||
|
>3. Joining the GNOME Foundation</H3
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QANDAENTRY"
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QUESTION"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><A
|
||||||
|
NAME="AEN89"
|
||||||
|
></A
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
>3.1. </B
|
||||||
|
> Who can join the Membership?
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="ANSWER"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
> </B
|
||||||
|
> Anybody who contributes to GNOME can become a member.
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QANDAENTRY"
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QUESTION"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><A
|
||||||
|
NAME="AEN94"
|
||||||
|
></A
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
>3.2. </B
|
||||||
|
> How can I join the GNOME Foundation as a member?
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="ANSWER"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
> </B
|
||||||
|
> Send an email to membership@gnome.org with your name, email address,
|
||||||
|
and a description of how you have contributed to GNOME.
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QANDAENTRY"
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QUESTION"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><A
|
||||||
|
NAME="AEN99"
|
||||||
|
></A
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
>3.3. </B
|
||||||
|
> Who can join the advisory board?
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="ANSWER"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
> </B
|
||||||
|
> Any company or organization with an interest in GNOME can join the
|
||||||
|
advisory board.
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QANDAENTRY"
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QUESTION"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><A
|
||||||
|
NAME="AEN104"
|
||||||
|
></A
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
>3.4. </B
|
||||||
|
> Should my company join the GNOME Foundation?
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="ANSWER"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
> </B
|
||||||
|
> 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.
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QANDAENTRY"
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="QUESTION"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><A
|
||||||
|
NAME="AEN109"
|
||||||
|
></A
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
>3.5. </B
|
||||||
|
> How can my company join the advisory board?
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
><DIV
|
||||||
|
CLASS="ANSWER"
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
><B
|
||||||
|
> </B
|
||||||
|
> 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.
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
><P
|
||||||
|
> 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.
|
||||||
|
</P
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
></DIV
|
||||||
|
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|
||||||
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|
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<a href="http://www.gnome.org/faqs/gnome-foundation-faq">FAQ</a> :
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<a href="http://foundation.gnome.org">Home</a> :
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<a href="http://www.gnome.org/faqs/gnome-foundation-faq">FAQ</a> :
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<a href="faq.html">FAQ</a> :
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<a href="charter.html">Charter</a> :
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