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|  | {% extends "base_members.html" %} | ||||||
|  | {% block subtitle %}Member Project Services - {% endblock %} | ||||||
|  | {% block category %}members{% endblock %} | ||||||
|  | {% block content %} | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <h1>Member Project Services</h1> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <p>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.</p> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <h2>Earmarked Donations</h2> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <p>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: | ||||||
|  | <ul> | ||||||
|  | <li>funding travel expenses for project developers to attend relevant | ||||||
|  |   conferences.</li>  | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <li>domain name fees, bandwidth costs, and computer equipment | ||||||
|  |   purchases.</li> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <li>purchasing media for distribution of project software at conferences | ||||||
|  |   and events.</li> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <li>paying key developers on a contractual basis to improve the project's | ||||||
|  |   software and its documentation.</li> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <li>sponsoring and organizing conferences for the project.</li> | ||||||
|  |   | ||||||
|  | <li>trademark registration and enforcement.</li> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <li>FLOSS license enforcement and compliance activity.</li> | ||||||
|  | </p> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <h2>Asset Stewardship</h2> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <p>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 <em>required</em> 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.</p> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <h2>Contract Negotiation and Execution</h2> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <p>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.</p> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <h2>FLOSS Copyright License Enforcement</h2> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <p>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 <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">GPL</a> | ||||||
|  |   and <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html">LGPL</a>) 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.</p> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <h2>Leadership Mentoring, Advice and Guidance</h2> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <p>Many of Conservancy's <a href="/about/directors">directors</a> 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.</p> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <h2>Some Personal Liability Protection</h2> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <p>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.</p> | ||||||
|  | 
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|  | <hr/> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <p>Project | ||||||
|  | leaders that believe their project might benefit from these services can | ||||||
|  | <a href="/members/apply/">apply to become a member project</a>.</p> | ||||||
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|  | {% extends "base_conservancy.html" %} | ||||||
|  | {% block category %}Members{% endblock %} | ||||||
|  | {% block outercontent %} | ||||||
|  |     <div id="container"> | ||||||
|  |          <div id="sidebar" class="{% block submenuselection %}other{% endblock %}"> | ||||||
|  |             <h2>Membership & Services</h2> | ||||||
|  |             <ul> | ||||||
|  |             <li class="Current"><a href="/members/current/">Current Member Projects</a></li> | ||||||
|  |             <li class="Services"><a href="/about/services/">Member Project Services</a></li> | ||||||
|  |             <li class="Applying"><a href="/about/apply/">Applying</a></li> | ||||||
|  |             </ul> | ||||||
|  |          </div> | ||||||
|  |                <div id="mainContent">{% block content %}{% endblock %} | ||||||
|  |                </div> | ||||||
|  |    </div> | ||||||
|  | {% endblock %} | ||||||
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