freedesktop.org: SPI Associated Project

[Bastian, Waldo]

As many of you know freedesktop.org is a collaboration zone for open
software projects working on interoperability and shared technology for
X Window System desktops. Among others, freedesktop.org provides hosting
for X.org, Mesa GL, DBUS, HAL, Portland and a large number of other
software components and desktop related specifications.
 
Logistically freedesktop.org is able to provide this service thanks to
donations of bandwidth and hardware from various sponsors, including
Google, HP and Portland State University. Unfortunately the legal
structure to handle these donations is not the best at the moment. To
improve this situation Software in the Public Interest (SPI) has been
contacted. SPI has been so kind to offer freedesktop.org to become a SPI
Associated Project. This will give freedesktop.org all the benefits of a
501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a minimum of administrative
overhead.

It is our intention to accept SPI's offer and effectuate this change
within the next few weeks. Apart from the legal implications this is not
expected to result in any changes to the operation of freedesktop.org.

Havoc Pennington,
Keith Packard,
Waldo Bastian