SPI invited X.Org to join as Associated Project

[Alex Deucher]

On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Pat Kane <pekane52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I also am not sure what SPI is.   Could someone on the Board provide an URL
> for more info.

Software in the Public Interest.
http://www.spi-inc.org/
Not much would change from the way things are today other than SPI
would manage the business side of things (filing taxes, handling
corporate filings, etc.).  Debian and postgres are under the SPI
umbrella for example.

Alex

>
> Pat
> ----
> P.S. Thank you Peter for keeping us informed.
>
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 8:50 AM, Jeremy C. Reed <reed at reedmedia.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 9 Jan 2015, Peter Hutterer wrote:
>>
>> > Dear X.Org Foundation members,
>> >
>> > As you're probably aware, the Board of Directors has been pursuing to
>> > join
>> > SPI for quite a while now.
>>
>> I didn't recall this.
>>
>> > Joing SPI removes much of the legal and accounting administrative work
>> > from the X.Org Board,
>> ...
>>
>> Does this imply that SPI could or will make decisions on software
>> licensing, copyright ownership of new submissions, modifying or
>> supplementing software license agreements?
>>
>> > As required by our by-laws, we will soon set up a vote for members to
>> > vote yay or nay on joining SPI.
>>
>> I am unfamiliar with SPI. Is this the "Software in the Public Interest,
>> Inc."?
>>
>> (Assuming this is the same SPI ...) Please share some details on the
>> specific "Services" that SPI will offer (based on the SPI descriptions).
>> (For example, will it include holding substantial assets, holding domain
>> names, holding trademarks, etc.?)
>>
>>   Jeremy C. Reed
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