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Planning

Turro.Org as a Foundation is currently a project, but scheduled to be a reality in late 2012.

From now on, the software will relate to BrightSide Workbench. The list of hosted projects may increase with the time.

Motivation and Objectives

  • Generate the software, free and with source code available.
  • Provide the platform from where to freely distribute the software wide-world.
  • Improve the software to meet real-world demands.
  • Be the nest for new BrightSide modules, plug-ins and add-ons, as well as new software-related projects that meet Foundation objectives.

Members

  • Foundation members will be no money-rewarded for their membership.
  • Issue reporters and Code contributors could become Foundation members due to merits related to Foundation objectives.

Operating

  • Foundation members and contributors might donate code.
  • Sponsors might donate funds to support the Foundation.
  • The Foundation could incorporate developers to meet a Foundation objective. The steps will be:
    • Objective's budget approval.
    • Public offer in Foundation site. Applicants might be able to register on-line.
    • Selection of one of the applicants.
Applicants could be Foundation members, contributors and private self-profit business or individuals. Applicant's participation will be restricted from objective start to objective deadline.

Operational chart

Donations

Donations could be anonymous or sponsored.

Sponsored donations will be classified, in order to give prominence to donators. Sponsor classifications would possibly be:

  • Platinum - 30k eur. / year
  • Gold - 14k eur. / year
  • Silver - 7k eur. / year
  • Bronze - 3k eur. / year

Each sponsor will receive an sponsorship logo in recognition for their participation. Sponsorship logos could be placed in sponsor web site, showing their involvement in the Open Source growing community. And the last, but not the least, due the Foundation in a non-profit organization, sponsorship has tax benefits.

Anonymous donations will be registered but, due the nature of the donation, donator will be not an sponsor.

Licensing the software

The Foundation will have a specific software license for distributing the software. Key parts of the license will be:

  • Affero General Public License compliant.
    • Code can be modified and re-distributed.
    • Code derived from the software will always be distributed with the Foundation license.
  • License will assure future endorsement to the Open Source community.