[Buildroot] [PATCH] docs/website: add page for the Buildroot Association

Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind.be
Fri Feb 8 09:05:23 UTC 2019



On 08/02/2019 08:53, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Thanks for the review. I obviously agree on all points, except one
> where I have a comment (not really a full disagreement).
> 
> On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 00:19:08 +0100
> Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> wrote:
> 
>>> diff --git a/docs/website/foundation.html b/docs/website/foundation.html
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000000..c25eb42f96
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/docs/website/foundation.html  
>>                      ^^^^^^^^^^association + in other places
> 
> Actually, it was intentional to use the term "foundation" in as many
> places as possible. Even if the french authorities rejected the legal
> name "Buildroot Foundation", because "foundation" has a very specific
> meaning in terms of legal entity in France, I thought "foundation" was
> the english word that carried best what this organization was. Is
> "association" really the proper word in english to describe a
> not-for-profit legal entity ?

 For me it's just a matter of avoiding confusion. Don't call it foundation if it
is actually called Buildroot Association.


>>> +	  <p>To become a member, an individual or a company simply has
>>> +	  to pay its yearly membership. For an individual, the minimum  
>>
>>  Should we mention somewhere that the board can veto that?
> 
> I don't think it's really needed. It's pretty common for
> associations/foundations to have the possibility of vetoing
> memberships, and it's a sufficiently rare event that it's probably not
> worth mentioning on this page.

 Yeah and it would probably sound a little, er, non-inviting :-)

 Regards,
 Arnout



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