<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,255)">Logan,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,255)">Thanks for the education.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><img src="http://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad79/candive/7d381ea0-1702-43dc-9185-0070677b1956_zpse48e93e2.png"><img src="http://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad79/candive/PoweredbyLinuxEDITED_zps5856465c.jpg"><br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 August 2016 at 00:10, Logan Streondj <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:streondj@gmail.com" target="_blank">streondj@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>
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Yeah, the Linux Foundation is owned by corporate overlords.<br>
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<<The Linux Foundation is an industry organisation dedicated to<br>
"promoting, protecting and standardising Linux and open source<br>
software"[1]. The majority of its board is chosen by the member<br>
companies - 10 by platinum members (platinum membership costs $500,000<br>
a year), 3 by gold members (gold membership costs $100,000 a year) and<br>
1 by silver members (silver membership costs between $5,000 and<br>
$20,000 a year, depending on company size). Up until recently<br>
individual members ($99 a year) could also elect two board members,<br>
allowing for community perspectives to be represented at the board level<br>
.<br>
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As of last Friday, this is no longer true. The by-laws were amended to<br>
drop the clause that permitted individual members to elect any<br>
directors. Section 3.3(a) now says that no affiliate members may be<br>
involved in the election of directors ...<br>
<br>
These changes all happened shortly after Karen Sandler announced that<br>
she planned to stand for the Linux Foundation board during a<br>
presentation last September. A short time later, the "Individual<br>
membership" program was quietly renamed to the "Individual supporter"<br>
program and the promised benefit of being allowed to stand for and<br>
participate in board elections was dropped (compare the old page to<br>
the new one). Karen is the executive director of the Software Freedom<br>
Conservancy, an organisation involved in the vitally important work of<br>
GPL enforcement.>><br>
from <a href="https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/39546.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/<wbr>39546.html</a><br>
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It is one of my motivations for planning the governance of SPEL/GI-OS<br>
to be a DAO, where open-source robots are the C-position staff, and<br>
constituent representatives.<br>
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On 08/10/16 21:53, LP wrote:<br>
> oops this just in my inbox.<br>
><br>
> "Hi Chris,<br>
><br>
> I have forwarded your email along to our contact at FSF as they<br>
> only have a limited number of passes and will distribute these<br>
> directly.<br>
><br>
> Please note that we unfortunately do not validate parking for the<br>
> event.<br>
><br>
> Thank you,<br>
><br>
> Courtenay Pope Conference Planner The Linux Foundation"<br>
><br>
><br>
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</span><span class="">> On 10 August 2016 at 21:51, LP <<a href="mailto:linuxpusher2@gmail.com">linuxpusher2@gmail.com</a><br>
</span><span class="">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:linuxpusher2@gmail.com">linuxpusher2@gmail.com</a><wbr>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Or a sign that says   "This is Not Free" When did Linux get so<br>
> insanely expensive, around the same time M$ started supporting<br>
> Linux ? Yes that was sarcasm.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
</span><span class="">> On 10 August 2016 at 18:24, Andrew Howlett <<a href="mailto:andrew@howlett.net">andrew@howlett.net</a><br>
</span><span class="">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:andrew@howlett.net">andrew@howlett.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hahaha<br>
><br>
> I almost want to go just to carry a sandwich board sign saying "NO<br>
> systemd... keep sys 5 init"<br>
><br>
><br>
> Sent from my phone. Original Message From: Remi Gauvin Sent:<br>
> Wednesday, August 10, 2016 6:19 PM To: Bruce-Grey Linux Users<br>
> Group Reply To: Bruce-Grey Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Bglug]<br>
> Linux Con Toronto<br>
><br>
> On 16-08-10 04:32 PM, kelvin mcmillan wrote:<br>
>> I don't think the wife will let me spend $1100 USD to go to<br>
> this event.<br>
><br>
> I thought, at first, that surely you must have made an error....<br>
><br>
> err, wow.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Well, I suppose the professionals need a way to keep the riff raff<br>
> out.... otherwise, the event would just turn into a mod protesting<br>
> systemd.<br>
><br>
><br>
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A dream of Gaia's future.<br>
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