On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 20:47 +0200, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
Eric Niebler wrote:
My impressions of the first annual Boost Conference are now online at The C++ Source for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!
"Boost may in the near future join the Software Freedom Conservancy, an umbrella organization of Free and Open Source Software projects. The Conservancy gives free financial and administrative services to its members..."
One just wonders how "free financial and administrative services" can transform to: (visit guidestar.org) [snip entirely reasonable compensation] -- SOFTWARE FREEDOM LAW CENTER, INC. (visit guidestar.org)
The SFLC is actually separate from the Software Freedom Conservancy, although they are related. Both SFLC and the Conservancy write grants and take donations for the administrative part, so that they can aid open-source software projects. I suspect Eben's involvement is precisely the reason they can do this.
(Eben's SFLC compensated underlings aside for a moment) and whether you (boost moderators & Co. so to speak) would be able to spend more for "future events such as BoostCon, and also to pay for much needed infrastructure" without Eben's SFLC involvement.
What's the problem to take donations without SFLC?
To do it legitimately is a paperwork nightmare; to do it any other way is unconscionable. - Doug