I leave where to spend the funds if any to the developers who have more experience. What has to be decided first is who will put their names 'in the hat'. I can create an entity with one or two people but I think at least 3-4 or more would be a better number to start with. at least one or two should really have deeper Solaris experience. I understand some coding, but I am more of a systems person. I think if there is to be a future for Solaris there will have to be some type of organization behind us. Similar to FREEBSD I think.
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And it's in fact a process > > that was started once but not with a high priority. Thus far getting > > in Volunteers has been a higher priority rather than Organising cash > > or governance. > > > > I get the benefits of a Foundation and a central spot to look at in > > Governance, but thus far we are one core developer (Andreas Wacknitz) > > and supporting maintainers. I love the initiative and > I really hope that the situation regarding maintainers will change in > the future. We have some "dormant" core maintainers who aren't be able > to dedicate the time they used to spend for OI at the moment. Maybe that > will change back. And maybe we will find new core maintainers, too. > After all it's not rocket science and we all started at the same level. > > > Engagement that people bring here. And it's needed. But we don't need > > an official Signoff space yet. If people are willing to invest into > > development, we are not holding you guys back. But please be aware who > > you are and how much you have to do with the OI and in fact illumos > > brand and if another name is not more appropriate for an outside > > initiated initiative. ;) > The idea of funding development is nice. If you want to support > distributions in the illumos world you can do that in different ways. > Eg. OmniOS is driven by companies. You can help them by buying support > contracts (https://omnios.org/invoice.html) or becoming a patron > (https://omnios.org/patron.html). > Then there is also Tribblix, which can also be used as a desktop: > http://www.tribblix.org/ > I don't know how to help/fund Peter. Maybe you can ask him directly. > > Back to OpenIndiana: it's more or less the direct successor of > OpenSolaris (at least for the open source world). We'll automatically > get changes from illumos-gate. This is typically new or enhanced drivers > for devices the commercial entities are interested (read: network and > storage or general enhancements like BHyVE, KVM, compilers and so on). > The involved commercial entities don't seem to be interested enough in > desktop usage of illumos derived distributions to fund the development > of or work on desktop things like > - drivers for graphics cards > - wifi > - desktop environments > > To a lesser degree this is also true for X11. These are the areas OI has > most interest to enhance the situation and being able to pay for work > here would be nice. > I think you should also think about what to do with possible funds, that > is, find/define projects to be worked on and probably also find > potential developers for them. > > > Cheers, > Andreas > > > > Greetings > > - Till > > > > On 26.05.21 18:32, Gerard Arthus wrote: > >> We can roll illumos into the foundation; we can keep the books > >> ourselves, > >> just have to pay a cpa to sign off on it if that is desired. I would > >> do the > >> tax preparation myself unless a large amount of money was involved. I > >> would > >> only do this if the finances were completely transparent and > >> everything was > >> posted on the Internet. The main point here should be to use donations > >> strictly for development and not sucking administrative cost which is > >> quite > >> common in the nonprofit world. > >> > >> Gerry > >> Gerard Arthus > >> 409 Lowell Avenue East > >> Mishawaka, Indiana > >> United States > >> 46545 > >> Cell - 574-302-7731 > >> Home - 574-520-1337 <574-217-8726> > >> > >> Instructor ITT-Tech - Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, and Computer > >> Engineering. > >> > >> [email protected] > >> Notary The State of Indiana #685426 > >> http://www.OpenEducation.org > >> http://openeducation.org/moodle/ (For Course Portal) Log In as Guest > >> http://www.linkedin.com/profile/edit?trk=tab_pro > >> http://www.facebook.com/gerard.arthus > >> https://archive.org/details/arthusgerardphilosophicalwritings > >> (Philosophical > >> Discussions) > >> https://archive.org/details/arthusgerardpoems (Poems) > >> https://archive.org/details/arthusgerardzoe?sort=titleSorter (Zoe Book) > >> https://archive.org/details/@garthus1&tab=collections (Gerard Arthus > >> Collections Page) > >> https://archive.org/details/arthusgerardhack > >> <https://archive.org/search.php?query=hacking%20the%20world%20garthus> > >> (Hacking The World) > >> https://archive.org/details/arthusgerardmedical&tab=about > >> (Medical Records) > >> https://archive.org/details/arthusgerardrec&tab=collection > >> (Musical Recordings) > >> > >> https://archive.org/details/arthusgerardpackagingandinstructionmanuals > >> (Packaging > >> Collection) > >> https://archive.org/details/@garthus1&tab=uploads (All Items > >> Uploaded to > >> Date) > >> https://archive.org/details/What_Have_We_Wrought_ (Selected Poem) > >> https://archive.org/details/A_World_Where_We_Consume_Our_Hearts_ > >> (Selected > >> Poem) > >> https://archive.org/details/Here_There_Is_No_Lesson_To_Be_Learned_ > >> (Selected > >> Poem) > >> > https://archive.org/details/Deception_And_The_Self_Created_Terrorist_Threat_American_Complicity_In_World_W > >> > >> (Selected > >> Poem) > >> > https://archive.org/details/Solitary_Horsemen_Reflections_On_Life_In_Cyberspace > >> > >> (Selected > >> Poem) > >> > >> > >> On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 5:21 PM Marc Lobelle <[email protected] > > > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Yes, I too think it is a good idea and worth a try. > >>> > >>> Marc Lobelle > >>> > >>> Belgium > >>> > >>> > >>> On 26/05/2021 20:40, Apostolos Syropoulos via openindiana-discuss > >>> wrote: > >>>>> We can get this going with at least 3-4 individuals; if there is > >>> interest I > >>>>> can start putting something together. > >>>> This is definitely a great idea. > >>>> A.S. > >>>> ---------------------- > >>>> Apostolos Syropoulos > >>>> Xanthi, Greece > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> openindiana-discuss mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> > >>> Marc Lobelle > >>> professeur émérite > >>> > >>> ICTEAM > >>> UCLouvain / SST / ICTEAM / INGI > >>> > >>> Place Ste Barbe, 2, bte L5.02.01 - 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve > >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> Tél.+32 (0) 475 494 616 > >>> Fax +32 (0) 10 47 51 20 > >>> www.uclouvain.be <https://uclouvain.be> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> openindiana-discuss mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> openindiana-discuss mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > openindiana-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
