[Nix-dev] NixOS Foundation

[Joachim Schiele]

has it's own foundation:
- krita
- blender

why shouldn't we? also what apache does is not our focus i guess.

On 10.07.2015 16:05, Nathan Bijnens wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
>     <http://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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