[Nix-dev] NixOS Foundation

[Nathan Bijnens]

Just curious, was it ever considered to join an existing Foundation, like
the Apache Software Foundation?

Anyway congratulations to the NixOS Foundation!

N.

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 4:02 PM Joachim Schiele <js at lastlog.de> wrote:

> 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,
> >
>
>
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