Re: Charters, manifestos, and SPI's purpose, and forum-widening

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: spi-general(at)lists(dot)spi-inc(dot)org
Cc: board(at)spi-inc(dot)org
Subject: Re: Charters, manifestos, and SPI's purpose, and forum-widening
Date: 2007-05-14 16:36:10
Message-ID: 200705140936.10420.josh@postgresql.org
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Bruce,

> The founders are myself and Tim Sailer. Our specific goal at the time
> was to protect Debian developers from personal liability by giving them
> a corporate shield. This purpose was not achieved, but IMO is more
> important today than it was in 1998.

Well, Debian certainly has the funds to insure the developers, provided that
they could find an insurance provider. Just a suggestion.

--
Josh Berkus
Treasurer
Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
www.spi-inc.org

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