Re: Joining SPI

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>wrote:

> On 05/05/2011 10:10 AM, Thomas S Hatch wrote:
>
>> Hello, my name is Thomas S Hatch,
>>
>> I am a Community Developer (Trusted User) for the Arch Linux project and
>> have been asked by the project leader, Aaron Griffin, to look into Arch
>> Linux joining SPI.
>>
>> Arch Linux is a large Linux distribution made up of over 50 developers
>> and has a thriving community and user base.
>>
>> Right now we are looking into the best way to accept financial
>> contributions and SPI appears to be a great choice.
>>
>> If I can, I would like to ask a few questions:
>>
>> 1. Would Arch Linux be eligible to join SPI?
>>
>
> I don't see why not.
>
>
> 2. Could we be considered in conflict with Debian since we are both
>> Linux distributions (Hopefully we can improve cross distribution
>> collaboration!)?
>>
>
> I don't see a conflict. This is Open Source.
>
>
> 3. My understanding is that money is held and managed by SPI and then we
>> would request it, is there a document on the process?
>>
>
> I will defer to the treasurer on this.
>
>
> 4. As far as I can tell joining is simply the act of being voted in and
>> an application, what else is required and is there a document on it?
>>
>
> http://www.spi-inc.org/projects/associated-project-howto/
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joshua D. Drake
>
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Wonderful! We would be excited to be able to collaborate with Debian where
possible.

I will go over the howto and contact the treasurer, Thank you!

-Thomas S Hatch