From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mathieu Lirzin Subject: Re: Funding the build farm Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:29:00 +0100 Message-ID: <87k2p891kz.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87wputz1uj.fsf@gnu.org> <20151011212714.GA9401@thebird.nl> <87d1wk8y7e.fsf@netris.org> <20151012060607.GA11012@thebird.nl> <871td0auiw.fsf@gnu.org> <20151013121140.GA18001@thebird.nl> <20151013125258.GA5574@debian> <87eggyomym.fsf@gnu.org> <20151118161507.GA25174@thebird.nl> <87mvubma8s.fsf_-_@gnu.org> <20151122105306.GA4493@debian.ntu.edu.sg> <87k2p8rca7.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41626) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0t3I-0001Lk-K1 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:29:16 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0t3H-0005rk-KA for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:29:12 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87k2p8rca7.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Court\=C3\=A8s\=22'\?\= \=\?utf-8\?Q\?s\?\= message of "Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:00:32 +0100") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: > Andreas Enge skribis: > >> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 07:29:55PM +0100, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >>> So, what can we do? We could go to another fiscal sponsor for free >>> software projects in the US, either Conservancy or SPI, Inc., but they >>> may redirect us to the FSF because we=E2=80=99re GNU. >>>=20 >>> We could look for something similar in Europe but I don=E2=80=99t know = of any. >>>=20 >>> Or we could just create a bank account (I want to avoid PayPal) and >>> possibly a non-profit and do it ourselves. But this has drawbacks, see >>> for instance. >> >> Definitely I am in favour of creating a French "association loi 1901". >> From what I have heard of diverse clubs I am a member of, this is rather >> easy; but so far I have not had the time to look into it. > > Yeah I think it would be fine to do both, and probably more convenient > for donors. > > I=E2=80=99m happy to join a bunch of French people to sit down and do the > paperwork. I think the paperwork for a French association would need the rigorousness of a German. ;) -- Mathieu Lirzin