On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 15:25 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >I don't buy that. It's a key process for RH to be able to provide > >sufficient stability for RHEL. > > > > > Of course it is but its also a Free and open source community operating > system. Win-win. > > >I am still waiting for RH to act community-oriented, i.e. to let the > >community participate actively in their decision processes, to let the > >community actively work on packages in FC, etc., etc. > > > > > You can actively work on packages by providing patches. I could do (and did) that upstream, I could do so (and did) with RHL, before Fedora, I could do so with RHEL. In comparison to RHL, nothing has changed for me, except that I am building and shipping packages through the FE build system, instead of building them myself. Both situations have/had pros and cons, which approximately balance each other. So, in the end, nothing much has changed "by Fedora having been introduced". > >> The development methodology of "Release early, Release > >>often" combined with donations from Red Hat combined with the many > >>community sub projects within the Fedora Foundation is what provides > >>value for Fedora. > >> > >> > >The community did not implement the Fedora Foundation. > > > Community cannot implement a foundation. Well, the question is: Does it need a foundation? > > Reducing costs/spare taxes usually is the reason for founding > >foundations (I've been working for one for >10 years). > You might not understand the law in the US to determine tax savings. Right, I am not familiar with US tax law. In Germany, donations to a "non-profit foundation" are tax deducable up to a certain amount, and are commonly used by enterprises to reduce their taxable income. Working principle: Enterprises found a foundation, thereby reduce their taxable income and delegate employees/resources to the foundation. Somewhat oversimplified, the only thing a foundation must prove is it not to work "ROI-oriented". Typically this is basic research and long term R'n'D. Fedora probably would comply to the tax laws' criterions. Ralf
