<div dir="ltr">I also am not sure what SPI is. Could someone on the Board provide an URL for more info.<div><br></div><div>Pat</div><div>----</div><div>P.S. Thank you Peter for keeping us informed.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 8:50 AM, Jeremy C. Reed <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:reed@reedmedia.net" target="_blank">reed@reedmedia.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Fri, 9 Jan 2015, Peter Hutterer wrote:<br> <br> > Dear X.Org Foundation members,<br> ><br> > As you're probably aware, the Board of Directors has been pursuing to join<br> > SPI for quite a while now.<br> <br> </span>I didn't recall this.<br> <span class=""><br> > Joing SPI removes much of the legal and accounting administrative work<br> > from the X.Org Board,<br> </span>...<br> <br> Does this imply that SPI could or will make decisions on software<br> licensing, copyright ownership of new submissions, modifying or<br> supplementing software license agreements?<br> <span class=""><br> > As required by our by-laws, we will soon set up a vote for members to<br> > vote yay or nay on joining SPI.<br> <br> </span>I am unfamiliar with SPI. Is this the "Software in the Public Interest,<br> Inc."?<br> <br> (Assuming this is the same SPI ...) Please share some details on the<br> specific "Services" that SPI will offer (based on the SPI descriptions).<br> (For example, will it include holding substantial assets, holding domain<br> names, holding trademarks, etc.?)<br> <span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br> Jeremy C. Reed<br> </font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">_______________________________________________<br> <a href="mailto:members@foundation.x.org">members@foundation.x.org</a>: X.Org Foundation Members<br> Archives: <a href="http://foundation.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/members" target="_blank">http://foundation.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/members</a><br> Info: <a href="http://foundation.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members" target="_blank">http://foundation.x.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>