- Inkscape Board of Directors

New board members
by Josh Andler 24 Sep '12

24 Sep '12

Hi Bradley, We held elections last week for the two open spots on the board. The results are in and "Johan Engelen" <jbc.engelen@...31...> & "Tavmjong Bah" <tavmjong@...47...> have been elected. I'm guessing that you or Tony are the ones to make it all official, so I'm initiating the discussion to make it happen. Cheers, Josh

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[aaron@...7...: Re: [Elections] Board interest check]
by Bryce Harrington 20 Sep '12

20 Sep '12

Here is Aaron's email indicating his preference to be replaced. ----- Forwarded message from Aaron Spike <aaron@...7...> ----- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:44:02 -0500 From: Aaron Spike <aaron@...7...> To: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...24...> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-board] [Elections] Board interest check On 9/12/2012 11:39 AM, Bryce Harrington wrote: > We have a couple spots we need to fill on the board, and are in process > of organizing an election of the Inkscape development community. > > I figure this would be a good opportunity to do a quick check among all > existing board members to verify you're still have the time and interest > to continue board work. Please reply to me by the end of the week and > let us know you're willing to continue in your role. Thanks! I still believe that my place on the board would be better filled by someone with a more active role in the community. Aaron Spike ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: [Inkscape-board] [Elections] Board interest check
by Josh Andler 19 Sep '12

19 Sep '12

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 5:35 AM, Bradley M. Kuhn <bkuhn@...41...> wrote: > Can someone be sure to send us Nathan's and Aaron's official resignation > so we take them off the official Conservancy Inkscape Committee list? For NJH: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=18397080 For Aaron: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28829716 Nathan's is certainly more official, but a simple email to Aaron can confirm that it was indeed official as long as we had someone ready to replace him. Cheers, Josh

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[Elections] Board interest check
by Bryce Harrington 19 Sep '12

19 Sep '12

We have a couple spots we need to fill on the board, and are in process of organizing an election of the Inkscape development community. I figure this would be a good opportunity to do a quick check among all existing board members to verify you're still have the time and interest to continue board work. Please reply to me by the end of the week and let us know you're willing to continue in your role. Thanks! Bryce

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Inkscape Board/Committee Nominations
by Josh Andler 12 Sep '12

12 Sep '12

Hello Developers, I am recycling Aaron Spike's email from the last time we went through this. As many of you know, Inkscape is a member organization of the Software Freedom Conservancy ( http://sfconservancy.org/ ) and that we have a board. The board/committee consists of Josh Andler, Jon Cruz, Ted Gould, Bryce Harrington, Nathan Hurst, MenTaLguY and Aaron Spike. Bryce Harrington currently serves as the Representative (the official board representative on behalf of Inkscape to the SFC). Dr. Hurst had previously resigned his position on the board and Aaron has done so more recently. Therefore we must elect new committee members to fill the open spots. I will be collecting nominations through the weekend (ending Sunday, September 16th unless there is great desire for an extension to the nomination period). Anyone listed in the AUTHORS file (as of September 10, 2012) may make a nomination. Anyone listed in the AUTHORS file (as of September 10, 2012) may be nominated. Nominees are free to refuse nomination. Just as a heads up, if you use a pseudonym, you will have to sign the agreement with your legal name (not that this information gets released to the public). Note: The dates related to the AUTHORS file are to avoid anyone trying to get in at the last second, and they will always adjust with future nomination periods. Typically the board votes on things such as project fund expenditures (travel, conferences, marketing materials for events, etc), trademark related issues (a topic currently be worked on), other legal issues that arise, etc. Our hope is that by refreshing the board, that we'll be better suited to give better guidance on items and hopefully be more effective at supporting the Inkscape project and our community as a result. As specified in Section 6 or our charter we maintain a committee of seven project members. Section 6 reads as follows: "6. Representation of the Project in the Conservancy. The Developers, each a signatory hereto, shall represent the Project in its official communication with the Conservancy. There shall be seven Developers (together, the "Committee"), elected by the community members of the Project listed in the Project's AUTHORS file (the "Community Members"). Each Developer shall continue to serve until he or she resigns from the position. The Developers may be removed from the position at any time by a majority vote of the Community Members. Upon the resignation or removal of a Developer, the Community Members shall elect a replacement Developer to serve on the Committee. The Committee will elect a single individual to communicate with the Conservancy (the "Representative") and shall notify the Conservancy promptly following the election of a new Representative. The Representative will have the authority to instruct the Conservancy on the Project's behalf on all matters. This section may be modified by a vote of at least 3/4 of the Community Members, with the consent of the Conservancy, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld." The election itself will take place from the 17th through the 23rd. The process will be voting for your top two choices (all votes carry equal weight) and the two names with the most votes will be elected. Thank you to everyone for your participation. Cheers, Josh P.S. I have uploaded a redacted copy of the full Charter at: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21152971/InkscapeSponsorshipAgreement-redacted.pdf (modified only for privacy reasons). We will get something more official in place soon.

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Fwd: Re: Trademark policy final decisions
by Josh Andler 29 Aug '12

29 Aug '12

>From mental... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "MenTaLguY" <mentalguy@...23...> Date: Aug 29, 2012 12:24 AM Subject: Re: [Inkscape-board] Trademark policy final decisions To: "Josh Andler" <scislac@...23...> Hm. I concur with Ted and Bryce on these points. On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:15 AM, Josh Andler <scislac@...23...> wrote: > Another one... > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Josh Andler <scislac@...23...> > Date: Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 2:56 PM > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-board] Trademark policy final decisions > To: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...24...> > Cc: Ted Gould <ted@...1...>, Inkscape Board List > <inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > > > +1 on all of Ted's answers, I feel the same. > > On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...24...> > wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 04:20:09PM -0500, Ted Gould wrote: > >> Hey folks, > >> > >> So we've almost got a trademark policy. To finish it, we need an answer > >> to a few questions: > >> > >> Should it say "Free and Open Source Software" or just "Open > >> Source" ? > >> > >> Do we want to allow the name in other products? For instance if > >> there was an "Inkscape Gradient Snagger" would that be okay as > >> another product? > >> > >> Do we want to restrict use of the logo to unmodified versions? > >> This would be things like showing half of it, or perhaps > >> different gradients to match a particular style. > >> > >> Do we want to allow merchandise with the Inkscape logo on it? > >> T-shirts, stickers, etc. > >> > >> Now my answers :-) > >> > >> I think "Free and Open Source" is best. I hate the debate, but > >> it is what we're doing. > >> > >> I think that using the name in other products is fine as long as > >> they don't cause confusion, which is covered explicitly in other > >> sections, so I'm cool with it. > >> > >> I like the idea of people being creative with our logo, so I'm > >> for not having any restrictions there. > >> > >> I'm okay with other people making Inkscape merchandise. I think > >> we should encourage them to give back, but not have any > >> requirement to do so. > >> > >> Any other opinions? > > > > Agreed with Ted on #1 and #4. > > > > Don't really have an opinion on #2 and #3; what Ted proposed sounds fine. > > > > So, +1 for Ted's proposal. > > > > Bryce > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Live Security Virtual Conference > > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-board mailing list > > Inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board >

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Sponsorship for Tav for the formerly named SVG Open conference
by Josh Andler 16 Aug '12

16 Aug '12

Hey all, I'm asking on behalf of Tavmjong Bah for funding for him to be able to attend "The Graphical Web" (used to be SVG Open) conference, the partial cost of hotel coverage, and the cost of a train ride to attend the W3 meeting taking place afterwards. Here is a summary from him describing everything... "I am asking for support to attend the SVG Working Group meeting being held after the Graphical Web conference (formerly SVG Open) in Zurich. Topics that I will push at the meeting include mesh gradients, marker clipping, marker color matching stroke color, extrapolated join style, screening filter primitive, hatchings, and flowed text. Some of these items have been discussed on my blog at: http://tavmjong.free.fr/blog/ I can also present any other issues that Inkscapers feel are important. The Working Group meeting will be held at a mountain hotel near Lucerne. I am asking for $680 ($80 for train fare, 4 nights at $150 per night for the hotel). The hotel will actually be more than I am requesting but the extra will be covered by the organizers of the conference if they have a surplus (otherwise I will cover the difference). My attendance at the conference will be supported by the conference organizers. The SVG Working Group has been very receptive to my input informed by my work on Inkscape as it represents a unique viewpoint (in a group dominated by browser vendors)." I will outright say I support it and that Tav is our sole influence within the SVG WG and also contributes the code to help us back him up on what our users want... Mesh gradients for example. One "Aye" vote on funding... others? Cheers, Josh

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Trademark policy final decisions
by Ted Gould 09 Jul '12

09 Jul '12

Hey folks, So we've almost got a trademark policy. To finish it, we need an answer to a few questions: Should it say "Free and Open Source Software" or just "Open Source" ? Do we want to allow the name in other products? For instance if there was an "Inkscape Gradient Snagger" would that be okay as another product? Do we want to restrict use of the logo to unmodified versions? This would be things like showing half of it, or perhaps different gradients to match a particular style. Do we want to allow merchandise with the Inkscape logo on it? T-shirts, stickers, etc. Now my answers :-) I think "Free and Open Source" is best. I hate the debate, but it is what we're doing. I think that using the name in other products is fine as long as they don't cause confusion, which is covered explicitly in other sections, so I'm cool with it. I like the idea of people being creative with our logo, so I'm for not having any restrictions there. I'm okay with other people making Inkscape merchandise. I think we should encourage them to give back, but not have any requirement to do so. Any other opinions? --Ted

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Licensing
by Josh Andler 29 Jun '12

29 Jun '12

Hey All, At the moment, our licensing in trunk is more of a mess than it ever has been (to my knowledge). Primarily, we have some GPL3 code that has crept in over time, as far back as a year ago. I figured I would bring it up here first so we can see if there is a consensus on contacting the SFC (and/or possibly the SFLC). We can't release a new version with the licensing as it stands (not that it has been holding up a possible release at this point). So, I think we need to take the plunge and discuss with counsel how to remedy our situation. Also, we may want to discuss doing the "dirty" thing and go the route of copyright assignment moving forward to help prevent this situation again (not my idea, but one I don't disagree with). This will require a substantial amount of someone's time (as I see it, at the least trying to contact everyone who has contributed previously), but I'm willing to make this my last set of acts on the board before I step down. I was originally planning on holding off for a month and a half until after some vacation time, but, it just needs to get moving sooner rather than later imho. I'm seeking relevant discussion and a vote to escalate this to the SFC to see if they feel confident enough to take this on. As a tertiary item, once we are well informed, I'm also asking potential permission for use of the foundation's funds for legal services if the costs are within reason and the board agrees that it is an appropriate use of the money. Obviously I'm an "Aye" on taking it to the SFC. Cheers, Josh

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Permission to use Inkscape trademark for promotional stickers?
by Máirín Duffy 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Hi Inkscape Board, I was directed to this list by the #inkscape IRC channel. The Red Hat Summit is next week and we're looking to give out (gratis) some stickers to promote free software & culture at the conference. We would love to use the Inkscape logo on one of the stickers. I've attached a comp of the sticker sheet so you can understand the context the logo would be used in. Would this usage of the Inkscape logo be okay? If not, are there modifications we could make to make it usable? Thank you so much, ~m

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