On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 05:52:08PM -0500, Harry Wentland wrote: > The leadership of freedesktop.org (fd.o) has recently expressed interest > in having an elected governing body. Given the tight connection between > fd.o and X.Org and the fact that X.Org has such a governing body it > seemed obvious to consider extending X.Org's mandate to fd.o. > > Quite a bit of background on fd.o leading up to this has been covered by > Daniel Stone at XDC 2018 [2] and was covered really well by Jake Edge of > LWN [1]. > > One question that is briefly addressed in the LWN article and was > thoroughly discussed by members of the X.Org boards, Daniel Stone, and > others in hallway discussions is the question of whether to extend the > X.Org membership to projects hosted on fd.o but outside the purpose of > the X.Org foundation as enacted in its bylaws. > > Most people I talked to would prefer not to dilute X.Org's mission and > extend membership only to contributors of projects that follow X.Org's > purpose as enacted in its bylaws. Other projects can continue to be > hosted on fd.o but won't receive X.Org membership for the mere reason of > being hosted on fd.o. > > [1] https://lwn.net/Articles/767258/ > [2] https://youtu.be/s22B3E7rUTs > > v3: > - Clarify what support of fd.o projects entails without formalizing a > two-tier system for fd.o projects that fall under X.Org's mandate and > those who don't > - Add link to Daniel's talk at XDC2018 > > v2: > - Subject line that better describes the intention > - Briefly describe reasons behind this change > - Drop expanding membership eligibility > > Acked-by: Daniel Stone <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > We're looking for feedback and comments on this patch. If it's not > widely controversial the final version of the patch will be put to a > vote at the 2019 X.Org elections. > > The patch applies to the X.Org bylaws git repo, which can be found at > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorgfoundation/bylaws > > Happy commenting. Acked-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@xxxxxxxxx> Cheers, Peter > Harry > > bylaws.tex | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/bylaws.tex b/bylaws.tex > index 4ab35a4f7745..5a7542739582 100644 > --- a/bylaws.tex > +++ b/bylaws.tex > @@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ The purpose of the X.Org Foundation shall be to: > > \item Support and educate the general community of users of this > graphics stack. > + > + \item Support free and open source projects through the freedesktop.org > + infrastructure. This includes, but is not limited to: Administering and > + providing project hosting services. > + > \end{enumerate} > > \article{INTERPRETATION} > -- > 2.19.1 > _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
