[PATCH v3] Allow fd.o to join forces with X.Org

[Peter Hutterer]

On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 05:52:08PM -0500, Harry Wentland wrote:
> The leadership of freedesktop.org (fd.o) has recently expressed interest
> in having an elected governing body. Given the tight connection between
> fd.o and X.Org and the fact that X.Org has such a governing body it
> seemed obvious to consider extending X.Org's mandate to fd.o.
> 
> Quite a bit of background on fd.o leading up to this has been covered by
> Daniel Stone at XDC 2018 [2] and was covered really well by Jake Edge of
> LWN [1].
> 
> One question that is briefly addressed in the LWN article and was
> thoroughly discussed by members of the X.Org boards, Daniel Stone, and
> others in hallway discussions is the question of whether to extend the
> X.Org membership to projects hosted on fd.o but outside the purpose of
> the X.Org foundation as enacted in its bylaws.
> 
> Most people I talked to would prefer not to dilute X.Org's mission and
> extend membership only to contributors of projects that follow X.Org's
> purpose as enacted in its bylaws. Other projects can continue to be
> hosted on fd.o but won't receive X.Org membership for the mere reason of
> being hosted on fd.o.
> 
> [1] https://lwn.net/Articles/767258/
> [2] https://youtu.be/s22B3E7rUTs
> 
> v3:
>  - Clarify what support of fd.o projects entails without formalizing a
>    two-tier system for fd.o projects that fall under X.Org's mandate and
>    those who don't
>  - Add link to Daniel's talk at XDC2018
> 
> v2:
>  - Subject line that better describes the intention
>  - Briefly describe reasons behind this change
>  - Drop expanding membership eligibility
> 
> Acked-by: Daniel Stone <daniel at fooishbar.org>
> ---
> 
> We're looking for feedback and comments on this patch. If it's not
> widely controversial the final version of the patch will be put to a
> vote at the 2019 X.Org elections.
> 
> The patch applies to the X.Org bylaws git repo, which can be found at
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorgfoundation/bylaws
> 
> Happy commenting.

Acked-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>

Cheers,
   Peter

> Harry
> 
>  bylaws.tex | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/bylaws.tex b/bylaws.tex
> index 4ab35a4f7745..5a7542739582 100644
> --- a/bylaws.tex
> +++ b/bylaws.tex
> @@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ The purpose of the X.Org Foundation shall be to:
>  
>  	\item Support and educate the general community of users of this
>  	graphics stack.
> +
> +	\item Support free and open source projects through the freedesktop.org
> +	infrastructure. This includes, but is not limited to: Administering and
> +	providing project hosting services.
> +
>  \end{enumerate}
>  
>  \article{INTERPRETATION}
> -- 
> 2.19.1
>