- Inkscape Board of Directors

Sponsorship
by Josh Andler 23 Feb '16

23 Feb '16

Hi, It would be really great if we could get the sponsorship reward level stuff nailed down sooner rather than later. The last off-list email I sent regarding this didn't seem to get any response, so I figured we'd just move the discussion on to the list to see if it helps move things forward. I received a follow-up email from the potential donor with $5,000 and I still had nothing new to tell him. A donor having to follow-up because I didn't have a substantive response to provide is not a good thing... especially when weeks later I have literally no new info for them. I was also contacted again by someone who produces educational courses for Inkscape who would like to donate via profit sharing if we'd be willing to promote his courses. Since he originally contacted me a year ago, he has garnered 5,000 sales of his courses. His proposal is to donate half of the proceeds moving forward. So, in his case it would be a unique situation since his donation amount wouldn't be predictable. I think it has the potential to be hugely beneficial to both parties. Any thoughts, comments, or questions would be appreciated just so the conversation goes somewhere. Cheers, Josh

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Competition
by Martin Owens 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

Hi guys, I've been asked to spread this openclipart competition, before I go ahead though, I'd like to get a nod from one other board member that this looks legit and ok: http://blog.fossasia.org/fossasia-and-openclipart-launch-internet-things-t-… Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Leed's hackfest: Location reservation
by Tavmjong Bah 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Hi, Alex has tentatively reserved a place for the hackfest. He needs to know ASAP if he can go through with the reservation. The rough cost is: For ten people (the number signed up at the moment): Room: 150£ per day: 450£ Tea, coffee, biscuits: 5£ per person per day: 150£ Finger buffet: 8.50£ per person per day: 255£ Total: 955£ Exchange rate: 0.69£ to 1 US$ $1383 This seems like a reasonable amount to me. Tav

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Gitlab accounts
by Krzysztof Kosiński 10 Feb '16

10 Feb '16

Please send me your Gitlab account names, so I can add you to the Inkscape group on Gitlab. Best regards, Krzysztof

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Hackfest Venue
by Tavmjong Bah 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

Hi, As most of you already know, our original venue for the Leeds hackfest fell through. Alex is looking for another venue which will probably not be free. What would be a reasonable amount to allocate for a venue? I've already suggested to Alex that a few hundred pounds would seem reasonable to me for a three day hackfest. What do you all think? Tav

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Fwd: Upgrade to Project Summary Pages - Inkscape
by Josh Andler 16 Jan '16

16 Jan '16

I received this email and assume anyone else that's a project owner of Inkscape on SF received it too. I'm in the home stretch for SCALE with deadlines up to my eyeballs, so I can't really add this to my todo list to take care of in the next week. I'm not a fan of them initiating this, especially given our desire to move away from them completely at some point. Cheers, Josh ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Elizabeth Daniels <edaniels@...125...> Date: Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 4:16 PM Subject: Upgrade to Project Summary Pages - Inkscape To: sfcommunity <communityteam@...126...> To help you enhance your project summary pages so visitors can quickly decide if your software fits their needs, we added a new feature to the page called the "Editor's Review <https://sourceforge.net/blog/announcing-new-editors-reviews>". Our Community Team, along with myself as the Senior Editor at SourceForge, manages this review. The Editor's Review includes a written review with the top features and images and/or a short video preview, depending on the project. For example, here’s a video we’ve come up with for your project: https://youtu.be/DbFrLE91CmU If we don’t hear from you in a week, we’ll go ahead and add this video review to your SourceForge project page. If you wish us to edit or improve it, please let us know and we'll pause it until edited. If you think that this video just doesn't fit your Project Summary Page let us know, and we'll remove it right away. We can also help you obtain up-to-date screenshots that promote the best qualities of your product (or you can them to your project summary page). As you know, nothing grabs a user’s attention like images when they’re trying to decide on a product. Let us know if you have any questions and thanks for being part of the SourceForge community! -- Elizabeth Daniels Senior Content Editor SourceForge.net <http://sourceforge.net> | 415.713.0229

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[REFERENDUM] Donation to Software Freedom Consortium for 2016
by Bryce Harrington 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

== Proposal == Should a $600 donation be made to the Software Freedom Consortium in thanks for their services provided? == Votes == Tavmjong Bah Ted Gould Jon A. Cruz Bryce Harrington Josh Andler Krzysztof Kosiński Martin Owens == Resolved == A $600 donation should be made to SFC. == Background == Hi, As you all know, SFC is launching a big fundraiser on Monday. As we heavily rely on SFC I think we should consider making a donation to show our support. They are currently 81 annual supporters short of their minimum goal. Perhaps we could donate the equivalent of 5 annual subscription (5 x $120 = $600)? Donations before the end of January will be matched. Tav * Note that many employers will match on donations to charities, so this is worth checking into as it'll double the impact of your donation. * Currently 10% of Inkscape's net income is provided to SFC, as is standard for all projects SFC manages. * Inkscape made a one-time donation to SFC as part of our Fiscal Services Agreement effort last year, in the amount of $1600 ($400 per year from 2009-2012), plus a retroactive payment of 10% for income received since 2012.

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Summary of some recent Inkscape committee votes
by Bryce Harrington 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

Hi, No action is required by SFC on the following, this is sent as FYI. == Budget 2016 == https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/message/34758004/ We have budgeted $22,850 for expenditures this year. We are estimating $12,600 income from donations this year. We also are establishing separate funding pools for Hackfests, SVG WG meetings, and funded projects, for targeted fundraising purposes. == GPLv2 Licensing Intent == https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/message/34764598/ A few GPLv3 licensed files in the Inkscape codebase engendered a question about what the project's intent should be for licensing. With this vote we've established that at least for now, the codebase should be licensed GPLv2 or newer. There seems to be some interest in migrating to GPLv3, but that will be a separate discussion. == Hackfest 2016 in Leeds, England == https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/message/34764581/ Following on our successful hackfest last year, a new one is being organized to be held in conjunction with the Libre Graphics Meeting in London. We're going to have the hackfest in nearby Leeds though, both due to London being expensive and because an Inkscape developer lives there and can handle logistics. == SVG Working Group Meeting in Sydney, 2016 == https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/message/34764554/ Tavmjong Bah is willing to represent Inkscape once again this year at the SVG Working Group meeting in Australia, and we've approved expenses. We've started dedicated fundraising for these meetings, which has garnered $286.54 so far, and we've also allocated an additional $2250 from Inkscape's general fund. The board has formally approved the amount of $2,536.54 for this trip. Bryce

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[REFERENDUM] GPLv2 Licensing Intent
by Bryce Harrington 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

A majority vote of the current board members is required for the following matter. Proposal: The Board officially states that the Inkscape Project's intention is for the main codebase to be licensed as GPL version 2 or later. [ ] a. Approve statement that Inkscape is GPLv2+ [ ] b. The board should state a different licensing policy: ____________________________________________________ [ ] c. The board should not state a license intent at this time Background: When Inkscape's code was originally written, it was important that it be covered by the GPL. At that time, GPLv3 had not been created, and so version distinctions didn't seem compelling enough to necessitate spelling it out definitively, and thus it generally wasn't. Indeed, it was not uncommon to leave out the boilerplate licensing statements from the code files simply for expediency; the assumption was that placing them in the repository was sufficient for "inheriting" the standard Inkscape licensing. Over time the project accumulated snippets of code adopted from other projects, some of which had different licensing policies. Generally these were compatible with the GPL license of the codebase, but not always. Inevitably all of this has led to some developer confusion over exactly what Inkscape's licensing policy is and what it should be. With the added complexity of GPL version 3 (and other permutations such as "GPL v2 only"), it is becoming clear that Inkscape needs to be more precise at tracking the licensing of the codebase, down at least to individual file boilerplates. An obvious first step is to have a firm decision by the project about what the licensing *should* be, so that all code that is descrepant from that can be addressed, and the codebase brought into compliance through regular development efforts. Note that this decision will be only for the core codebase itself. Plugins, dependency libraries, and other accessory codebases such as the website, will need to be generally compatible with GPLv2+ (assuming that's what we choose) to the degree that the GPL requires in order for them to link to, or be distributed with, Inkscape, or else Inkscape will be unable to continue using them; however, this board decision is not dictating what the exact license should be for those products, and any adjustments needed to them as a side-effect of this decision are left to their developers to sort out as makes the most sense for them. Inkscape Board <inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net>

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[REFERENDUM] Hackfest Sponsorship 2016
by Bryce Harrington 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

Your vote is needed on the planned Inkscape Hackfest for 2016: Proposals: 1. Hold the 2016 hackfest in Leeds on Apr 11-14 2016. (Refer to attached proposal document for details). [ ] a. Yes, hold hackfest in Leeds as proposed [ ] b. Approve holding a hackfest, but recommend making the following alterations: ____________________________________________________________ [ ] c. Do not approve holding a hackfest this year 2. Reimburse using a ranked system similar to last year, but with increased limits and relaxed contribution requirements, as detailed below. [ ] a. Use ranked reimbursement. Long term, high commit developers are sponsored up to a higher maximum than new developers. [ ] b. Use open ended. We'll fully cover all valid expenses incurred by the sponsorees. [ ] c. Other: ____________________________________________________________ [ ] d. Do not reimburse for Leeds hackfest 2016 expenses 3. If a sponsoree does not hit their maximum reimbursement amount for the hackfest itself, can they apply the remainder against LGM expenses? [ ] Yes. Consider LGM and Hackfest expenses lumped together for purposes of reimbursement. [ ] No. Airfare can be covered by either Hackfest or LGM sponsorship (or split between them), but hotel and food expenses for each event should be handled separately. 4. The Inkscape Board sponsors a dinner event, to be funded from the Inkscape general fund (instead of the hackfest fund), for Hackfest attendees and guests. [ ] Yes. Allocate $600 from Inkscape's general fund for a dinner. [ ] Yes, but handle funding the dinner in a different way: ________________________________________________________________ [ ] No, do not fund a sponsored dinner for the hackfest. Votes: Resolved: Background: After the success of the 2015 Hackfest, there is strong interest in sponsoring another one in 2016. Last year we co-located the event with LGM, which was convenient for Inkscape developers who wanted to attend LGM; we had a few LGM attendees stop by the hackfest which was nice but perhaps not as critical. This year's LGM is in London, and in order to achieve similar cross-over benefits this proposal suggests holding it nearby, but not necessarily (expensively) *in* London. Leeds is a short distance and we have an Inkscape developer in proximity who can organize it and handle logistics, so this seems like a sensible locale. Last year's fundraising brought in an amount well in excess of what we required, and indeed probably enough to cover most or all of the sponsorship for the 2016 hackfest. Due to this, we probably don't need to allocate money from the general fund for this event. Even so, it is intended that we conduct another fundraiser; this will help establish certainty for a 2017 hackfest, and/or might be usable for another smaller (perhaps US-located) hackfest in 2016. We established limits on the maximum sponsorship amounts last year, in order to ensure spreading the funds widely. However, since we underspent so significantly, and since attendance was below anticipated, this proposal suggests relaxing the requirements and increasing the limits: * Up to $2500 each for Inkscape developers who have contributed for 3+ years and > 150 commits * Up to $2000 each for Inkscape developers who have contributed for 2+ years and > 50 commits * Up to $1500 each for Inkscape developers who have contributed for 1+ year and > 25 commits * Up to $500 each for any Inkscape contributor listed in AUTHORS file with at least 10 commits by Jan 1, 2016 Alex Valavanis has volunteered as event coordinator for the hackfest event.

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