- Inkscape Board of Directors

Relicensing to GPL v2+
by Krzysztof Kosiński 29 Nov '15

29 Nov '15

Hello board, Section 9 of GNU GPL says: The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns. Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation. Almost all of our files say "released under GNU GPL" without specifying the version; thus they are effectively under GPL v1+. The only offenders I've identified are: src/xml/quote.cpp src/main-cmdlineact.h src/main-cmdlineact.cpp src/live_effects/lpe-jointype.h src/live_effects/lpe-jointype.cpp which are GPL v2 only. If we rewrote those files or contacted the authors to release under GPL v2+, we could change the advertised license from GPL v2 to GPL v2+. What do you think? Best regards, Krzysztof

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License issue with Scour
by Tavmjong Bah 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

Hi, Scour is now licensed solely under the Apache 2.0 license. This license in principle is not compatible with GPLv2.[1] Eduard Brown would like to merge an updated version of Scour into Inkscape trunk. He claims that as we are only calling Scour as an external program (script) we do not need to worry about the license incompatibility. Is this true? Tav [1] http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html [2] https://code.launchpad.net/~eduard-braun2/inkscape/scour/+merge/278 387

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[cpglamming@...120...: Re: Thanks for your donation of $50.00 on 2015-11-10 to Conservancy (directed for Inkscape)]
by Bryce Harrington 25 Nov '15

25 Nov '15

I usually don't see these thank yous from donors, but this one popped in my box this morning, thought I'd forward it along. Bryce ----- Forwarded message from Chris Lamming <cpglamming@...120...> ----- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 09:31:06 +0000 From: Chris Lamming <cpglamming@...120...> To: Software Freedom Conservancy <inkscape@...41...> Subject: Re: Thanks for your donation of $50.00 on 2015-11-10 to Conservancy (directed for Inkscape) You are very welcome Bradley. As I sit here at work, just about to use the software yet again for another graphic, I feel that donating some money after years of benefiting from Inkscape, was absolutely the right thing to do. I hope very much that Inkscape continues to grow and improve - it is wonderful software. best wishes, Chris On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 3:06 AM, Software Freedom Conservancy < inkscape@...41...> wrote: > Thank you for your donation to the Software Freedom Conservancy on > 2015-11-10 > in the amount of $50.00. The Software Freedom Conservancy is a USA > 501(c)(3) charity incorporated in the state of New York, and our federal > tax-exempt identification number is 41-2203632. > > The donation will be directed toward Inkscape, with 10% going to > Conservancy's general fund, per wishes of the Inkscape project. > > > We will use the money to continue our work to support and promote software > freedom. Your donation is very meaningful to us and we really appreciate > it. > > Would you like your donation to do even more? If you work for a company > based in the USA, your company may have a donation matching program for > 501(c)(3) charities. Please contact your HR, Personnel, or charitable > giving department and ask! Many programs match the donation > dollar-for-dollar! If you need assistance in talking with your company > about this, please don't hesitate to ask for Conservancy's help! > > Sincerely, > Bradley M. Kuhn > President, Software Freedom Conservancy > ----- End forwarded message -----

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Code of conduct review
by Tavmjong Bah 22 Nov '15

22 Nov '15

Hi, I finally got around to doing a review of the code of conduct as I agreed to do at the last IRC board meeting. I apologize for taking so long. I think the text looks great! I also think it might be time to remove the "draft" stuff (Work in Progress at top, copies of other code of conducts at bottom.) I made some minor editing changes: * "Even if" -> "For example, if" (avoid awkward repeating of "even") * "are conflicted" -> "have a conflict of interest" * "feeling" -> "feel" * "parent organization" -> "collaborating organizations" (We don't really have a parent organization and the text should apply, for example, to our internet hosts.) Tav

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Re: [Inkscape-board] [Inkscape-devel] Board Meeting @ Friday Nov 6th, 2015
by Bryce Harrington 06 Nov '15

06 Nov '15

Reminder that the meeting is tomorrow at Noon Pacific time. Check your times since daylight savings is in effect. Last month's meeting log is posted here for reference: https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/item/6701/ Bryce On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 08:27:15PM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: > Hi all, > > Last month's meeting went well, and we decided to have another in early > November at a similar time and place. > > We'll be holding an Inkscape Committee meeting on Friday the 6th of > November, on #inkscape-devel, at 1900 UTC (Noon PDT / 9pm CEST) > > http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Board_Meetings > > Agenda is: > > * Code of Conduct & Privacy Policy > * Funded development > * GSoC 2016 > * Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement (FSA) > * Hackfest 2016 > * Budget 2016 > * Other business > > Bryce > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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Board Meeting @ Friday Oct 2nd, 2015
by Bryce Harrington 30 Oct '15

30 Oct '15

Hi all, We'll be holding an Inkscape Committee meeting this Friday the 2nd of October, on #inkscape-devel, at 1900 UTC (Noon PDT / 9pm CEST) http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Board_Meetings All in the Inkscape community are welcome to attend. Our agenda is open for any new business. Thanks, Bryce ----- Forwarded message from Tavmjong Bah <tavmjong@...47...> ----- Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 17:28:13 +0200 From: Tavmjong Bah <tavmjong@...47...> To: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...2...>, inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-board] Proposal for board meeting An IRC meeting is an excellent idea. Any day at noon PDT (9 PM CEST) is OK with me. Thursdays I have an SVG WG meeting at 1:30 PM PDT (10:30 CEST). My agenda items would be: C++11 Hackfest 2016 Paid development Tav On Sun, 2015-09-27 at 12:20 -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: > Hi guys, > > Now that our board is re-manned, I'm thinking it'd make sense to call > a > meeting on IRC. I don't have anything major to discuss myself, but > I'll bet the rest of you have some good ideas to float. > > How does some time first week of October sound? Thursday Oct 1st? > Or > would the weekend be better? I seem to recall that before we met at > noon pacific time; would such a time be impossible for anyone? > > http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Board_Meetings > > As far as agenda goes, I don't have anything to suggest - this past > year > we've accomplished so much! I figure we can just play it by ear, and > leave the agenda to "opens". > > Bryce > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > Inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: [Inkscape-board] update re: iOS app TM issue
by Bryce Harrington 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

Thanks for the notification about this, Tony. Bryce On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 06:59:10PM -0400, Tony Sebro wrote: > Hi, all. As an update, the unrelated iOS app bearing the name > "Inkscape" has been removed from the Apple App Store. See the > notification below: > > On 10/20/2015 05:44 PM, App Store Notices wrote: > > Dear Tony, > > > > **Please include APP51984 in the subject line of any future correspondence on this matter.** > > > > We can confirm that the following app was removed from all territories by the developer (cc'ed). > > > > Developer: Fatih Dursun > > Provider: Fatih Dursun|8407076135 > > App Title: Inkscape > > Apple ID: 102985275 > > -- > Tony Sebro, General Counsel, Software Freedom Conservancy > +1-212-461-3245 x11 > tony@...41... > www.sfconservancy.org > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJWLrA/AAoJELVK3KckMFSECLAH/AogdjRxSO5dPaXdAoIVYXQJ > NaKTAQV2tcRlSZKomu6fD4S9BSw6ZYHZKJdzesakr00K8NT/z3SRyz0g4Uv+ukEJ > /fjV4JTGEJCiUqaxNo5dYPRorjBRIwsxSQ49W9rfzBjDq95ORqM9t9GQZo4fMZJt > 2e2sW7hY3mLsgoHnOwsgeG1TDsJFhyrVk1YMaiZQYMD27SpA/HEFmrt9XAN9wWL5 > z1Y6SYXg+dJ99wC3HsSpi5ulkD313zr62lBpm83f2LKGvsVe/Uss4cSSaln3Xnqx > bGWJ9i62iWMwoz7qa5DFyVGkFFhcTWXJChOh7j8Yf5DrRydjWRqYZBRLQrTbUpc= > =SDXh > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Inkscape on the iPad
by Tavmjong Bah 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

We may have a copyright/trademark violation https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/inkscape/id1029852758 Tav

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CoC - moderator & process info
by Krzysztof Kosiński 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

Hello everyone, I made some edits to the Code of Conduct and I'm fairly satisfied with how it looks right now. However, we need some more information on how we would handle violations; in particular, we should have a public e-mail address of something similar that can be used to report problems. Do we have anything we can put there? Who should be contacted in case of problems on IRC, website, mailing list, etc.? Best regards, Krzysztof

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Project management interface.
by Tavmjong Bah 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Hi, After spending some time working with the Project editing interface I have a bucket full of comments: 0. I can imagine the amount of work that went into creating the interface. I want to first say I appreciate all the effort! 1. The interface is very slow. It makes it difficult to figure out how the site works. Clicking on one of the project name takes so long to bring up that project's information that one wonders if that was the correct way to do it. If the interface cannot be sped up then at least some instructions should be added to the web page. (e.g. "Click on project name to edit that project's parameters.") 2. SVG's are not allowed for the Banner and Logo!! I've heard that there is some great Libre Graphics program that can produce SVGs that scale better than PNGs on the web... 3. The Logo is required to be 150x150 px but it is displayed at a different resolution leading to blurring. (See #2 for solution.) 4. Can't change "Proposer". The initial projects should have "Inkscape" as the proposer. 5. Can't format the "Project Updates". We should be able to use at least a limited set of HTML tags. 6. "Project Update" is not a good title for the initial project description. We should have "Project Description" (or something similar) followed by a "Project Update" section. 7. What does "Importance" mean. It is not clear what the input should be (text or number), what the numbers mean (low number more important than high number?), and what is the range of acceptable numbers. A drop -down menu might be better here. 8. How are the project fund raising goals set? I didn't see that in the interface. 9. The project summaries on "https://inkscape.org/en/project/" should be customizable and not just first few lines of the "Project Update". 10. It's time to get rid of the tripling of projects on the Projects page. Tav

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