Xfce Foundation status

[Auke Kok]

On 10/14/2010 02:36 PM, Gilbert Sullivan wrote:
>
>>    * There is one clause about where the raised money should go in case
>>      the e.V. is abandoned. The KDE people have decided to forward all
>>      their money to UNESCO. I have come up with a few alternatives.
>>      Which of the following organizations would you prefer the money to
>>      be handed over to in case the e.V. is closed?
>>
>>        UNESCO, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, WWF or OLPC?
>>
>>      You can of course make your own suggestions if you want to.
>
> I've seen some discussion about "provocative" organizations. Heck, the
> whole idea of FOSS is provocative to all those folks and governments who
> seem delighted to spend gobs of money on crappy software in order to get
> the latest "shiny" stuff.
>
> You could support the Sea Shepherds for all I care. I'm an old hippie,
> and any effort or contribution which either reduces the suffering of
> people or the planet, or which sticks a thumb in the eye of the
> "establishment" (and I mean just about ANY establishment) is peachy with
> me. Naturally, it would be nice if this provision accommodates the
> sensibilities of the greatest number of Xfce's technical and monetary
> contributors.

The whole idea about not picking a (potentially) provocative group to 
donate to is to make sure that nobody has a problem with the eventual 
abandonment of the foundation if it ever happens. I can only imagine 
that after 10 more years of UNIX desktop development, groups like the 
KDE and GNOME foundation might have potentially created some new 
enemies, and now people would fight fiercely against the dissemination 
of your foundation, just because of that.

So, the safest thing to do is to pick the common denominator, a fund 
that everyone agrees on is good to give the remainder funds to.

Auke