Re: [CFP] own KSF vs. ASF project

Too bad.. I wont be there as I have a conference call exactly at this 
time...
I might be there a bit later



On Donnerstag, September 18, 2003, at 03:51  Uhr, Stipe Tolj wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> this is a call for participation:
>
> Alexander and me would like to invite all codebase developers with CVS
> rights to participate in an online discussion via IRC for the future
> organizational aspects of Kannel.
>
>   The place is:
>     IRC channel #kannel
>     irc.freenode.net
>
>   The date and time is:
>     Fri, 19th Sep 2003   <--! mark this in your diary ;)
>     2:00pm CET
>
> The topics we want to have discussed are mainly on how we are about
> forming a legal body to hold all copyright of the Kannel source code
> and act as representative to the outside world.
>
> There are two options we currently focus on. First  - forming an own
> foundation, the KSF. Seconds  - letting Kannel incubate into the
> Apache Software Foundation (ASF) as project.
>
> The second option has some objectives that should be reviewed, please
> see http://incubator.apache.org for more details on how Apache
> incubates projects.
>
> Main effect we would reach with an Apache incubation would be IMO:
>   * more popularity for the who project, in means of new developers
> and commercial companies incorporating the software into commerical
> products (think of adding Kannel into IBM's WebSphere application
> server, etc.)
>   * less organizational overhead, in means of all the things we would
> have to do while forming an own legal body.
>   * a well organized developer community and infrastructure base.
>
> Discussions should be opened now on this mail thread and actively
> tomorrow in the IRC session! Please paticipate actively!
>
> Stipe
>
>
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