diff --git a/www/conservancy/static/members/services/index.html b/www/conservancy/static/members/services/index.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3a53f03d --- /dev/null +++ b/www/conservancy/static/members/services/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +{% extends "base_members.html" %} +{% block subtitle %}Member Project Services - {% endblock %} +{% block category %}members{% endblock %} +{% block content %} + +
Conservancy assists FLOSS project leaders by handling all matters other + than software development and documentation, so the developers can focus + on what they do best: improving the software for the public good. The + following are the services and options that are available to FLOSS + projects that have joined Conservancy as a member project.
+ +Member projects can receive earmarked donations through Conservancy. + Donors can indicate that their donation should be used to advance a + specific member project, and those funds are kept in a separate account + by Conservancy. The project leadership can then indicate to + Conservancy's leadership how the funds should be spent to advance the + project. Generally, Conservancy permits these funds to be spent in any + way that is appropriate activity under Conservancy's 501(c)(3) + not-for-profit mission. Some typical uses of earmarked donations by + Conservancy's member projects are: +
Conservancy can hold any assets for the project on its behalf. This + includes copyrights, trademarks, domain names, physical computer + equipment or anything that should be officially held in the name of the + project. Member projects are not required that Conservancy hold all + assets of a project. (For example, member projects are + not required to assign copyrights to the Conservancy.) + However, Conservancy can accommodate the needs of projects that want + their assets under the control of a not-for-profit entity and exercised + only for the public good.
+ +Projects sometimes need to negotiate and execute a contract with a + company. For example, when a project wants to organize and run a + conference, the venue usually has a complicated contract for rental of + the space and services. Conservancy assists projects in the negotiation + of such contracts, and can sign them on behalf of the project.
+ +Complying with FLOSS licenses is easy, as they permit and encourage + both non-commercial and commercial distribution and improvements. + Nevertheless, violations of FLOSS licenses (in particular of + the GPL + and LGPL) are all + too common. At request of the project's leaders, Conservancy can carry + out license enforcement activity on behalf of the project's copyright + holders.
+ +Many of Conservancy's directors are + experienced FLOSS project leaders. They offer themselves as a resource + to member project leaders who need assistance or face challenges in + their work leading their projects.
+ +When a project joins Conservancy, it formally becomes part of the + Conservancy. (The project is thus somewhat analogous to a division of a + company or a department in a large agency.) As such, project leaders + benefit from some amount of protection from personal liability for their + work on the project.
+ +Project +leaders that believe their project might benefit from these services can +apply to become a member project.
+{% endblock %} diff --git a/www/conservancy/templates/base_members.html b/www/conservancy/templates/base_members.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c2376c41 --- /dev/null +++ b/www/conservancy/templates/base_members.html @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +{% extends "base_conservancy.html" %} +{% block category %}Members{% endblock %} +{% block outercontent %} +