Hi Dave, I though DCO but typed TCO.... Too much marketing ;-) On 26 October 2016 at 14:47, Dave Neary wrote: > Hi again, > > On 10/25/2016 10:58 AM, Francois Ozog wrote: > > Tim mentioned we need to revise budget, actually I see a few set of > > topics adress: > > - legal: bylaws, CLA, TCO > > I would like to ask for what OVS had to agree to - I suspect that it is > very lightweight, there are probably not even specific by-laws - I would > not be surprised to find that it was a corporate contributors agreement > only. > > I don't know what you mean by a TCO, but I do not believe we should add > a CLA (beyond what I mention below). > > > - governance: board, TSC... > > I do think we should create a budget oversight group, but a board and > TSC sounds a lot like the default set-up for an LF project which is > bootstrapping - that's not the case for DPDK, we have a technical > governance framework in place already, I do not see the need to set up a > TSC. > > > - finance: budget, membership > > It will be good to discuss whether we want to have a membership > agreement or whether we would be happy with a generic organizational > copyright and patent license (explicitly agreeing to license > contributions under the BSD license + patent grant) with a DCO for > contributions, tied to the signed-off-by on patches (which we have > already, unless I am mistaken). > > Thanks, > Dave. > > > I'll post a few things on [legal] later today. > > > > Cordially, > > > > François-Frédéric > > > > PS: just saw the mailing list anouncement, so I bcc'ed the people I know > > just in case... > > > > > > > > -- > > Linaro > > François-Frédéric Ozog | /Director Linaro Networking Group/ > > T: +33.67221.6485 > > francois.ozog@linaro.org | Skype: > ffozog > > > > > > -- > Dave Neary - NFV/SDN Community Strategy > Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com > Ph: +1-978-399-2182 / Cell: +1-978-799-3338 > -- [image: Linaro] François-Frédéric Ozog | *Director Linaro Networking Group* T: +33.67221.6485 francois.ozog@linaro.org | Skype: ffozog