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#123
Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
Maybe this has been asked already... but are we at a point where we should consider talks with Nokia and open source foundations/nonprofits (perhaps even the Linux Foundation, a great fit IMO) to see if governance of maemo.org could be assumed by an interested party?
Good idea, but I think that is where the non-profit idea is useful. One of the problems with trying to have talks now is that there is nothing formal behind the community. For example, I've heard Quim suggest that Nokia can't transfer the domain name to the maemo.org because there is no formal entity to transfer it to. A valid point. And what do you do with the legal policies on the website? There are similar considerations for a lot of things. Being a non-profit is work to start and introduces some overhead, but it makes things easier, perhaps possible to do, and I think would greatly facilitate the talks you mention.
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