[Nix-dev] NixOS Foundation

[Joachim Schiele]

hey,

this is good news and very much appreciated. i've been thinking about a
nixos foundation a lot lately.

thanks for creating it!

best wishes,
joachim

On 08.07.2015 11:22, Rob Vermaas wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Last month, the NixOS Foundation came to life. The foundation was
> started to support the NixOS related projects and its infrastructure,
> and improve continuity for this.
> 
> One of the main reasons we needed to create a foundation, is to start
> up fundraising for extending and maintaining the current
> infrastructure. Until now, we have been greatly supported by
> institutions and companies, such as Delft University of Technology,
> LogicBlox and Rackspace. They will continue to do so, however, we need
> to start raising funds if we want to extend our infrastructure and
> keep the current infrastructure running.
> 
> Previously people and companies have asked if there is a way for them
> to contribute hardware or donate money, to allow the infrastructure to
> be extended, e.g. by adding build machines in the hydra.nixos.org
> buildfarm. This was difficult, as there was no entity available to
> receive such donations, except for private persons, which causes
> issues with tax regulations and ownership. The foundation solves this
> problem. Also, because the foundation will now take ownership of
> maintaining the infrastructure, it will be easier for people to roll
> on and off with regards to running and maintaining the infrastructure,
> which should improve continuity.
> 
> Currently there are 3 board members for the foundation:
> 
>  - Eelco Dolstra, Chairman
>  - Armijn Hemel, Secretary
>  - Rob Vermaas, Treasurer
> 
> Note that the board members are doing this on a strictly voluntary
> basis, which means they will not get paid by the foundation. In the
> next year, we will try to add 1 or 2 more members from the NixOS
> community.
> 
> More information on the can be found at: http://nixos.org/nixos/foundation.html
> 
> So now the begging starts :-) We would like people to start supporting
> the NixOS foundation (financially, your commits/work have already been
> awesome!). We have set up some PayPal buttons which can be used to do
> a one-time donation to the foundation, or set up a monthly donation
> (even better!) . Bank transfer is also available. We will list all
> people/companies who have donated, if they wish to be listed, on the
> foundation webpage.
> 
> Your donation would be very much appreciated! To give a good example,
> I have personally donated 100 euro to the foundation.
> 
> The information on donations can be found here:
> http://nixos.org/nixos/foundation.html
> 
> We will try to be as transparent as possible with regards to the
> spending of donations to the foundation. We will extend the foundation
> webpage with reports of donations received, and with reports about the
> spending.
> 
> If you have any questions, please let us know. We are still in the
> phase of starting up everything, so please bear with us!
> 
> Cheers,
>