Re: Technical and legal aspects of pitivi's crowdfunding campaign.

[Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org>]

Le lundi 16 décembre 2013, à 16:38 +0100, Mathieu Duponchelle a écrit :
> > > One quick question:
> > > On our side, there are two options we could go for, with
> > > different charges and laws associated :
>
> > > 1) We can create a non-profit association.
>
> > > 2) We can create a regular Limited Liability Company (LLC),
> > >  SARL in French.
> > Have there been any thoughts about a third option: actually having the
> > Foundation hire the people?
>
> > There are probably several downsides (in terms of costs; in terms of
> > legal paperwork, as I understand that this is about French people and
> > the Foundation is still kind of US-centric for that matter; in terms of
> > involvement from the Foundation; etc.). But on the other hand, it might
> > make sense to at least think whether it's a good idea for the Foundation
> > to employ developers.
>
> I am not sure what you have in mind here, the solution we are proposing
> should be pretty straight forward in term of paperwork for the Gnome
> fundation.

I'm not saying your proposed options are bad. I'm suggesting to step
back a bit and consider if it makes sense for the Foundation to hire
developers (in this case, the pitivi maintainers) in general, and
consider a longer term investment, instead of contracting external
people.

Cheers,

Vincent

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