Fedora Foundation

[Mike McCarty]

Max Spevack wrote:
> To my fellow Fedora community members:
> 
> As many of you are aware, FUDCon Boston is this Friday.  One of the most 
> important topics that we will be discussing there is the future of the 
> Fedora Project, specifically with regard to the Fedora Foundation.
> 
> I'd like to ask you all to read the document that follows this note.  It 
> reviews Red Hat's intentions in initially announcing the Fedora 
> Foundation, and outlines the problems that have led us to the decision 
> to move in a different direction.  It also discusses the plan that we 

I never saw any point in it in the first place. I guess it just
took y'all a few months to catch up.

:-)


[snip]

> The simple and honest answer: Red Hat *must* maintain a certain amount 
> of control over Fedora decisions, because Red Hat's business model 
> *depends* upon Fedora.  Red Hat contributes millions of dollars in staff 
> and resources to the success of Fedora, and Red Hat also accepts all of 
> the legal risk for Fedora. Therefore, Red Hat will sometimes need to 
> make tough decisions about Fedora. We won't do it often, and when we do, 

Only makes sense.

[snip]

> The new Fedora Project Board has a strong mandate to make these things 
> happen, and has the full support of Red Hat.  We ask that you, the 

[snip]

I wish you all luck, both Project Board and "community".

Mike
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