On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 09:35:29 -0400 Stephen R Guglielmo <srguglielmo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 7:57 AM, Bill Cox <waywardgeek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I prefer for CipherShed to remain an unincorporated non-profit for > > now, though when we do incorporate, it should not be in the US. > > Someone with expertise in the local laws of whatever country hosts > > CipherShed will have to be involved. > > > > I like what I have read so far about Adobe's PMC structure. Perhaps > > we could start with a simplified version and grow from there? > > > > The PMC structure seems similar to many co-ops. Co-ops typically > > elect board members each year. I think eventually, we may want a > > structure like that, but right now, how many actual contributors do we > > have? Isn't it something like 10-ish people? While that is large for > > a board, it seems silly for 10 people to vote for 5 of us to be on a > > board. We have only six "authors" listed on the web site, and that is > > certainly not too many for an initial steering committee. There are > > people missing from this page, who are contributing. Should we ask > > that to have a vote, contributors need to allow us to list them on the > > About page? > > > > I also continue to feel strongly that we need geeks who can verify and > > protect the code base to be responsible for the code. I think we > > should have a "security team" for this. This would be people willing > > to sign that they have personally verified releases, and likely > > includes most of us who write code to start. This team should not try > > to do the job of the steering committee (or whatever we call it). It > > should instead narrowly focus on security, but should have the final > > say over code-related issues. > > I tend to agree with Bill. I think we should define a specific > "security team" to manage security and related issues. I do think our > project is too small right now to have a full-blown Project Management > Committee right now, but maybe that is something we should start > establishing now so when we do need it in the future, it'll be there. > Not sure if I understood correctly. Security Team next to a PMC, or for now just a Security Team, which later may be expanded to a PMC-ish structure? Pls help clarify :) -- Niklas At the time of writing, no warrants have ever been served to me, Niklas Lemcke, nor am I under any personal legal compulsion concerning the CipherShed project. I do not know of any searches or seizures of my assets.
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