Bridges Between Projects:Bridges Between Projects:Collaboration Between Free Software ProjectsCollaboration Between Free Software ProjectsYou Probably Don't Know AboutYou Probably Don't Know About

Dave NearyDave NearyRMLL 2008 2 July 2008, RMLL 2008 2 July 2008,

In the beginning...

Hackers love a good fight

Journalists love a good fight

Journalists love a good story

Reality?

Technical co-operation

http://flickr.com/photos/annawiz/216265013/

Non-technical co-operation

http://flickr.com/photos/conner395/2170153872/

Common problemsCommon problems

http://flickr.com/photos/vgm8383/2482555985/

Shared values

http://flickr.com/photos/anjin/2081401315/

1993-1998

Distributions

1981- present

Federator projects

2000- present

Inter-project co-operation

2000 - present

Events

+ FOSDEM, LinuxTag, Solutions Linux, OSCon, LCA, SCALE, RMLL, ...

2009 - ?

+

Foundations listat

freedesktop.org

http://flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/221827536/

Genesis

2005 Merchandising

First meetings

OSCon 2005

EurOSCon 2005

FOSDEM 2006

Average of 3 face to face meetings per year

Members

~140 members~140 members>50 organisations>50 organisations

http://flickr.com/photos/cyron/10813776/

Members(old list – February 2007)

Dojo Toolkitthe Perl Foundationthe Python Software Foundationthe Apache FoundationSPIFreeBSDThe GNOME FoundationOpenWengoScribusDrupalOSU OSLTypo3SmalltalkMozdev.orgGentooFink

ZopeCPANSqueakDebianGAIMJabber FoundationClasspathNLNetBlender FoundationOSAFJXTADarwinCLUE

Mozilla Foundationthe Linux kernelSubversionUbuntuBenetechOSGeoPostGresWikipediaOpenOffice.orgEclipseGNU JSPCreative CommonsJoomla!KDE eVFedora

Greatest hits

Trademarks & licencing (GPL, copyright attribution, trademarks, trademarks & copyright interaction)

Employees (should we hire an Executive Director?)

Governance (role of unelected officers, online voting)

Should we create a non-profit?

Money and community (developing a revenue model for our non-profit/how best to do community grants?)

Organisation infrastructure (conferences, bank accounts, donor management software, D&O insurance)

Individuals build bridgesIndividuals build bridges

Conversations are theConversations are theraw materialsraw materials

Thank you!Questions?

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