- Inkscape Board of Directors

[REFERENDUM] Funding for Tav to attend LGM and Leipzig SVG WG meeting
by Bryce Harrington 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

The board is requested to vote on the following matter: Proposal: [ ] a. Approve funding Tav to attend LGM and the Leipzig SVG WG meeting as outlined below. [ ] b. Do not approve funding Tav. Voting: This is a majority vote with Tav recused. Four votes for either (a) or (b) are required to achieve a decision. If a tie vote is reached, or if four votes are not achieved within a week's time, we'll have Tav select someone from the AUTHORS file to vote in his place. Background: I (Tav) would like funding to attend the Leipzig SVG working group meeting, held April 7-10 (after LGM April 2-5, 2014). Here, I am asking for funding to attend both LGM and the Leipzig SVG meeting. (Note there is also another SVG meeting held in Winchester in August, but I will submit a separate funding request for that later; potentially I may get some funding from the conference organizer.) This is a critical time for SVG 2. The new features I am responsible for include mesh gradients, hatched fills, and auto-flowed text. The move to "CSS based" text layout which brings in auto-flowed text (with a natural SVG 1.1 fallback) requires a lot of work which is easiest to do face-to-face. Critical decisions are made at these meetings (i.e. dropping SVG fonts). It is important to have Inkscape interests represented. The Leipzig meeting is being held in conjunction with LGM. I will be giving a talk on SVG at LGM. I may receive some travel support from the LGM organizers but it is not sure at the moment, so I have included transportation costs. Approximate costs for Leipzig, 10 nights lodging/meals $1000 Transportation $400 A report from the Tokyo WG meeting can be found at: http://tavmjong.free.fr/blog/?p=979 Tavmjong Bah

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Upcoming votes
by Bryce Harrington 19 Feb '14

19 Feb '14

Hi all, We've got several proposals in various states of discussion, which I think would be good to bring to a vote over the coming month. In general do you guys prefer having a bunch of different things to vote on in one go, or to have them spaced out time-wise to permit deliberation? Here's the topics I'm thinking we should vote on: a. 2013 Developer Education Book Campaign b. Funded Development Procedure c. Job Exceptions for Priority Projects d. Move Inkscape Board mailing list from SourceForge to Launchpad Anything else that'll need votes? Bryce

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[RESULTS] Developer Education Book Campaign 2013
by Bryce Harrington 19 Feb '14

19 Feb '14

Here is the breakdown for the voting on this issue: Josh Andler Yes Tavmjong Bah unknown Ted Gould Yes Bryce Harrington Yes Johan Engelen Yes Tim Cole unknown Jon Cruz unknown With 4 yes votes we have a majority decision. Johan, please go ahead and proceed with step #3. Once that's done, I'll follow up with step #4. Bryce ----- Forwarded message from Johan Engelen <jbc.engelen@...31...> ----- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:59:50 +0100 From: Johan Engelen <jbc.engelen@...31...> To: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...2...> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-board] [REFERENDUM] Developer Education Book Campaign 2013 Hi Bruce, I thought I had already re-voted, sorry. I vote a. Yes Cheers, Johan ----- Reply message ----- From: "Bryce Harrington" <bryce@...2...> To: "Johan Engelen" <j.b.c.engelen@...51...> Subject: [Inkscape-board] [REFERENDUM] Developer Education Book Campaign 2013 Date: Wed, Jan 15, 2014 02:43 Btw, I need you to officially re-vote for the update so it's on record. Bryce On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 06:29:20PM +0100, Johan Engelen wrote: > a. YES > > - Johan > > > On 13-1-2014 9:46, Bryce Harrington wrote: > > A majority Board vote is required for the following proposal. > > > > > > Proposal: > > > > 1. Purchase and distribute a programming book to the top 10 Inkscape > > contributors for the past 12 months, as calculated by Ohloh.net: > > http://www.ohloh.net/p/inkscape/contributors?query=&sort=commits_12_mo > > > > 2. The contributors can choose from one of the following books: > > a) Effective C++, 3rd Ed. > > by Scott Meyers > > b) Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code > > by Martin Fowler > > c) A Tour of C++ > > by Bjarne Stroustrup > > > > 3. The campaign proposer (Johan Engelen, or their designee) will be > > empowered to officially announce and introduce the campaign to the > > larger community. > > > > 4. The board chairperson (or their designee) will be empowered to > > i) Identify the qualified contributors as per (1), ii) Contact the > > qualified book recipients to collect their address and choice of book > > from (2), iii) Purchase and disseminiate the books to the provided > > addresses, iv) Collect reimbursement from SFC for expenses incurred. > > > > > > [ ] a. Yes, conduct this campaign as defined above > > [ ] b. No, we should not conduct this campaign > > [ ] c. Maybe, but I disagree with some definition of the campaign > > > > > > Background: > > > > """ > > Lately, I've become obsessed with code quality. I've been reading > > Bjourne Stroustrup's "bible" on C++11, watched all videos of the > > "Going Native" conferences, started using clang, ..., and it has made > > me much more aware of the language's facilities for preventing bugs. I > > regularly browse over Inkscape's code and try to fix things I think > > can be improved (janitorial); our source is a pretty big mess > > I really do think Inkscape can use some love to improve logic and to > > decrease some amount of spaghetti. > > > > I just saw the book "Effective C++", which I believe is a great resource > > to inspire thought and learn how to write better code, and is meant for > > experienced programmers. In general: how do you guys feel about > > donating something [like this book] to our top committers for their > > "education"? We would need some metric of what "top committers" means, > > we could use ohloh.net's numbers. > > > > *For example*, we have 10 people that committed more than 50 times in > > the past 12 months. So that'd be 10 books = 10 x 31 euro = 310 euro > > cost --- shipping and whatnot --> 400 euro cost. > > > > (After we release 0.91, I will become very active in pushing for C++11 > > (i.e., upgrading our compiler dependencies to more modern versions so > > we can start using part of C++11 features), and general maintenance / > > refactoring / cleaning up. It's pretty rewarding I find, and very > > low-key in terms of long-time brain-investment.) > > > > Johan > > """ > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-board mailing list > > Inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > 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] new Inkscape website (was: Re: updating DNS info for Inkscape: OSU-OSL needed)
by Bryce Harrington 17 Feb '14

17 Feb '14

On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 10:49:46AM -0500, Tony Sebro wrote: > On 12/06/2013 07:05 PM, Bryce W. Harrington wrote: > >Thanks; I worked through OSUOSL to get the DNS changeover done. The new > >website is live. > > > ...and looks great, by the way. Kudos. :) And, thanks for taking > care of the Google Checkout request. > > Now that the new site is up, please let me know when you've had a > chance to create a page for the trademark policy. Thanks! I went ahead and created a page for this. http://inkscape.org/en/about/trademark-policy/ When we have more policies posted we might move this elsewhere in the site, but this will do for now. Btw, I also set up a page listing board members, although Jon and Mental don't have accounts yet so it's only partial. It would be good for everyone to add a short bio, 2-3 sentences about themselves. http://inkscape.org/en/about/board-members/ Bryce

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Inkscape Trademark Policy
by Bryce Harrington 31 Jan '14

31 Jan '14

Hi all, One of the Inkscape Board's actions in 2013 was to establish a trademark policy for the Inkscape name and logo. With the Software Freedom Conservancy's help we've completed the registration and documented under the About menu item on the website: http://inkscape.org/en/about/trademark-policy/ The motivation for doing this was due to questions that kept cropping up from people wanting to use it for legitimate purposes (e.g. using our unmodified logo on merchandise), and from people noticing our trademark used illegitimately (e.g. selling unrelated software using our name or logo). We wanted a policy that would provide clear guidance for all these uses, that would be liberally permissive for non-commercial and FOSS-friendly commercial uses, while prohibiting obviously fraudulent uses. Along with this, I've added a FAQ entry (below) with a brief summary. Bryce == FAQ: How are the Inkscape name and logo protected? == The Inkscape name is trademarked under U.S. Trademark Law, and held and administered by the Software Freedom Conservancy. Our policy is available on the website, and describes the conditions under which you can use our name and logo. We've aimed to make our requirements reasonable and friendly: We want to avoid things like other groups claiming to be or represent us when they don't, or to distribute our software in ways that aren't consistent with our license. The logo is similarly trademarked and covered by our trademark policy. We're cool with people creating derivative works that help promote Inkscape or make it fit in with a given user interface style, but we don't want to see it abused by companies that might incorporate it into their own logos. For merchandising, you are welcomed to use our unmodified logo; for anything else, please contact the Inkscape Board for permission.

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LGM
by Alexandre Prokoudine 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

Hello board, Is there an understanding, how many developers are going to attend LGM this year, and expenses of how many of them are going to be covered by the Inkscape organization? We'd appreaciate if you could give us this information, so that we had a better understanding, where we are regarding finances. Alexandre

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Re: [Inkscape-board] creating a page for the TM policy (was Re: new Inkscape website)
by Bryce Harrington 14 Jan '14

14 Jan '14

Ted, this was your baby - you going to set up the page, or shall I? On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 10:10:29AM -0500, Tony Sebro wrote: > On 12/09/2013 10:49 AM, Tony Sebro wrote: > >On 12/06/2013 07:05 PM, Bryce W. Harrington wrote: > >>Thanks; I worked through OSUOSL to get the DNS changeover done. The new > >>website is live. > >> > >...and looks great, by the way. Kudos. :) And, thanks for > >taking care of the Google Checkout request. > > > >Now that the new site is up, please let me know when you've had a > >chance to create a page for the trademark policy. Thanks! > > > >Best, -Tony > > > Hi, all; Happy New Year. > I send this as a reminder to add a page toe the website for the > trademark policy. I'd also advise that you add a link to the TM > policy page in the FAQ, under the "Legal" subheading. > > Please let me know when you've set this up. Thanks! Best, -Tony > > -- > Tony Sebro, General Counsel, Software Freedom Conservancy > +1-212-461-3245 x11 > tony@...41... > www.sfconservancy.org

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[REFERENDUM] Developer Education Book Campaign 2013
by Bryce Harrington 14 Jan '14

14 Jan '14

A majority Board vote is required for the following proposal. Proposal: 1. Purchase and distribute a programming book to the top 10 Inkscape contributors for the past 12 months, as calculated by Ohloh.net: http://www.ohloh.net/p/inkscape/contributors?query=&sort=commits_12_mo 2. The contributors can choose from one of the following books: a) Effective C++, 3rd Ed. by Scott Meyers b) Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler c) A Tour of C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup 3. The campaign proposer (Johan Engelen, or their designee) will be empowered to officially announce and introduce the campaign to the larger community. 4. The board chairperson (or their designee) will be empowered to i) Identify the qualified contributors as per (1), ii) Contact the qualified book recipients to collect their address and choice of book from (2), iii) Purchase and disseminiate the books to the provided addresses, iv) Collect reimbursement from SFC for expenses incurred. [ ] a. Yes, conduct this campaign as defined above [ ] b. No, we should not conduct this campaign [ ] c. Maybe, but I disagree with some definition of the campaign Background: """ Lately, I've become obsessed with code quality. I've been reading Bjourne Stroustrup's "bible" on C++11, watched all videos of the "Going Native" conferences, started using clang, ..., and it has made me much more aware of the language's facilities for preventing bugs. I regularly browse over Inkscape's code and try to fix things I think can be improved (janitorial); our source is a pretty big mess I really do think Inkscape can use some love to improve logic and to decrease some amount of spaghetti. I just saw the book "Effective C++", which I believe is a great resource to inspire thought and learn how to write better code, and is meant for experienced programmers. In general: how do you guys feel about donating something [like this book] to our top committers for their "education"? We would need some metric of what "top committers" means, we could use ohloh.net's numbers. *For example*, we have 10 people that committed more than 50 times in the past 12 months. So that'd be 10 books = 10 x 31 euro = 310 euro cost --- shipping and whatnot --> 400 euro cost. (After we release 0.91, I will become very active in pushing for C++11 (i.e., upgrading our compiler dependencies to more modern versions so we can start using part of C++11 features), and general maintenance / refactoring / cleaning up. It's pretty rewarding I find, and very low-key in terms of long-time brain-investment.) Johan """

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Re: [Inkscape-board] Keys and Passwords
by Bryce Harrington 14 Jan '14

14 Jan '14

On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 01:56:56PM -0500, Martin Owens wrote: > Dear Inkscape Board, > > See attached for kickstarter keys, feel free to update email address, > delete account, or just save the account for some future event. Thanks. I think we need to standardize the process for how to hold and share keys and other authentication information. But I don't know how to best handle this. I've asked Kees Cook for advice on best practices. If anyone else knows how other projects do this, do share. > The DNS request for inkscape.org should include a webadmin@...66... > redirect and maybe a board@...66... address to contact the board > when needed (if not already setup). Use inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net, but ideally the board should only very rarely need to be contacted. > Let me know if you'd like one of these osl servers to handle that sort > of thing or if you have something setup already. For webadmin@...66..., I think you can set up redirects through OSL as you see fit. (If anyone disagrees, chime in now...) > Best Regards, Martin Owens > inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > lx.LI.v/50mFA

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Developer education
by Johan Engelen 13 Jan '14

13 Jan '14

Hi all, Lately, I've become obsessed with code quality. I've been reading Bjourne Stroustrup's "bible" on C++11, watched all videos of the "Going Native" conferences, started using clang, ..., and it has made me much more aware of the language's facilities for preventing bugs. I regularly browse over Inkscape's code and try to fix things I think can be improved (janitorial); our source is a pretty big mess I really do think Inkscape can use some love to improve logic and to decrease some amount of spaghetti. I just saw the book "Effective C++", which I believe is a great resource to inspire thought and learn how to write better code, and is meant for experienced programmers. How do you guys feel about donating this book to our top committers? (if you feel this is too egoistic of me, *I* will pay for my own copy myself, no worries, and pass my copy on to the dev that was just below the cut-off point). In general: how do you guys feel about donating something to our top committers for their "education"? We would need some metric of what "top committers" means, we could use ohloh.net's numbers. *For example*, we have 10 people that committed more than 50 times in the past 12 months. So that'd be 10 books = 10 x 31 euro = 310 euro cost --- shipping and whatnot --> 400 euro cost. What do you think? Cheers, Johan (After we release 0.91, I will become very active in pushing for C++11 (i.e., upgrading our compiler dependencies to more modern versions so we can start using part of C++11 features), and general maintenance / refactoring / cleaning up. It's pretty rewarding I find, and very low-key in terms of long-time brain-investment.)

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