From 96f20a285541fa99cc585b046b05562a69512356 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" In order to join, projects need to meet certain criteria, including the
-requirement that the project be exclusively devoted to the development of
-FLOSS and that it be consistent with the Conservancy's tax-exempt purposes
-and the financial requirements imposed by the IRS. Most FLOSS projects
-will meet these requirements. In order to join, projects need to meet certain criteria. A rough
+ outline of those criteria are as follows:
+ Additionally, the project must be licensed in a way fitting with
- software freedom principles. Specifically, all software of the project
- should be licensed under a license that is listed both as
- a Free Software
- license by the Free Software Foundation and as
- an Open Source
- license by the Open Source Initiative. All software documentation
- for the project should be licensed under a license on the preceding
- lists, or under Creative
- Commons' CC-By-SA
- or CC-By or
- CC-0. While any project licensed under FLOSS licenses can apply, the
- Conservancy seeks in particular projects that are well-established and
- have some track record of substantial contributions from a community of
- volunteer developers. The Conservancy does gives higher priority to
- projects that have an established userbase and interest, but also tries
- to accept some smaller projects with strong potential.What are the key criteria our project must meet to join?
-
+
While any project meeting the criteria above can apply, meeting these + criteria don't guarantee acceptance of your project. The Conservancy + favors projects that are well-established and have some track record of + substantial contributions from a community of volunteer developers. + Furthermore, the Conservancy does gives higher priority to projects that + have an established userbase and interest, but also tries to accept some + smaller projects with strong potential.