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<p>We don't have any jurisdiction over Mer, Jolla, and similar efforts (fortunately). Bylaws doesn't exclude collaboration - or even merging, if approriate - with such projects, but base goal is continuation of support for user of Maemo flavors (incl. Harmattan).
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<br>/Estel
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<br>On śro 11 lip 2012 05:25:10 CEST, S. Howard <<a href="mailto:howards@gmx.co.uk">howards@gmx.co.uk</a>> wrote:
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<br>> This will also apply to MeeGo/JollaMobile efforts?
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<br>> Howard.
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<br>> On 10/07/2012 17:06, robert bauer wrote:
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<br>> > Hello,
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<br>> > In order to continue the community at <a href="http://www.maemo.org">www.maemo.org</a> in the future, it
<br>> > will be necessary to migrate much of the infrastructure and associated
<br>> > elements to a new site and to establish a separate entity for that
<br>> > purpose.  See
<br>> > generally <a href="http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=84933. ">http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=84933. </a>;  The attached
<br>> > bylaws are proposed for discussion.  Please note that this is
<br>> > primarily a legal document and this is not the appropriate place to
<br>> > discuss many of the issues associated with the actual migration of
<br>> > the community.
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<br>> > The first thing you may notice is the name.  Because Maemo is
<br>> > trademarked by Nokia and we don't want to experience problems, or even
<br>> > delay, while the issue is worked out, we have decided to suggest
<br>> > Hildon Foundation as the name.  There is also a recognition that Maemo
<br>> > may be regarded as having commercially tarnished by Nokia's negligence
<br>> > of the software, and so it might be good to use a different name in
<br>> > any event.  Either one of the domain names <a href="http://www.maemocommunity.org">www.maemocommunity.org</a> and
<br>> > <a href="http://www.hildonfoundation.org">www.hildonfoundation.org</a> have been registered and will be available
<br>> > for the community if we choose to use them.
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<br>> > Because this is a legal document, the discussion of the mission is
<br>> > broadly stated in historical context so that the entity has much
<br>> > flexibility.  Although Maemo and Hildon are mentioned, this should not
<br>> > be regarded as any implication at all that Qt, Harmattan, CSSU,
<br>> > Cordia, kp, or any other specific software related to Maemo will not
<br>> > be supported by the entity.
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<br>> > The operations of the NPE allow it to cooperate with Nokia, Jolla, or
<br>> > other commercial entity.  However, the entity is obligated to itself
<br>> > permanently be an open source organization.
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<br>> > Perhaps the section of most interest and discussion will be Membership
<br>> > and Governance.  It is suggested that we keep the present "open"
<br>> > nature of the maemo community to the extent practical.  But this is
<br>> > not meant to be predetermined and alternative structures may be
<br>> > proposed and adopted. It is also unknown whether a voting mechanism
<br>> > opf the current maemo infrastructure will continue to be available.
<br>> > The composition of the initial Board also needs to be carefully
<br>> > determined and this is surrounded by brackets.
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<br>> > The finances and budgets will be worked out once the entity is in
<br>> > place and can establish a bank account.
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<br>> > The jurisdiction does not dictate the location of the servers or
<br>> > repositories, or the nationality of the Board members.  Pennsylvania
<br>> > is suggested because it has more lax requirements than Delaware and
<br>> > better suited for smaller organizations.  Europe is also available and
<br>> > so the jurisdiction is surrounded by brackets.  The main
<br>> > considerations are speed and start-up costs.
<br>> >
<br>> > Council discussed a prior draft of the bylaws at its July 6 meeting
<br>> > and you may refer to the logs for that discussion.  Please don't take
<br>> > offense if an issue important to you has not been mentioned in this
<br>> > mail - please raise it and discuss it as you wish.
<br>> >
<br>> > Rob (SD69)
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