Simple Machines forms as an NPO

[Pause]

Congratulations to all involved

[C4G-TK]

Nice to see an announcement that is solid in nature and not vague.  I think having precise announcements will help to instill a sense of stability once again in the project and/or future projects.

[Cassiel]

Will the board members still have their old jobs or will they be promoted to a red badge?

[Kindred]

membership in the NPO and any jobs within the corporation have no bearing on position and/or responsibilities within a single project.

So no...   the BoD will not be marked in any way.

[Tony Reid]

Congrats on moving forward.

[Forum Labs]

Congrats! This is a good news

[Owdy]

is RC4 going to use Simple Machines NPO or still Simple Machines LLC

?

[Kindred]

we're not sure yet... depends on the speed of the final legal stuff.

[chep]

This is good news. As you can see, you cannot please everyone no matter what you do. However I believe this will be a turning point to improve the reputation of SMF by opening this door.

[catfished]

Good news in my opinion. A huge step in the right direction.

[baijianpeng]

As I have already said, we will never be GPL, because GPL is a BAD license. If we do change the license, it will be to something other than GPL...   

Well, I am not familiar with legal/law stuff. So I can't say if GPL is really so bad.

The only thing I care is: will SMF allow integration bridge be developed for Joomla CMS?

If not, then such a "rule"(or license) is not BAD, but a ***!!!!

Please confirm this, because if there will NOT be a integration bridge between Joomla and SMF2, then I will give up SMF for ever!

[Kindred]

First, please watch your language...
Second, this is off topic from the NPO announcement, since the license has NOTHING to do with the corporate structure.

However, that being said: GPL is a bad license. We will not be GPL. I have already said this.
Joomla, because of the way they have coded/licensed previous code, can not grant exceptions to their GPL (as many others have done)... which means that it is unlikely that there will be an official Joomla bridge.

Do remember that Joomla is not the be-all and end-all of CMS.

[Dannii]

If SMF changes to a fairly liberal licence, on par with the BSD licence, then you'll be allowed to do almost anything with it. This should include making bridges possible.

And remember, these licences generally only apply to what you distribute. You can do whatever you like if you keep your code private...

[trebul]

Glad to hear about the NPO!

[ch_tech]

never know about it

[novamax]

Congrats on getting the legal stuff through - Glad you can focus again on the content.

I am now an SMF fan, and it would have been a shame if it would have stalled.

[nend]

Any news on the bylaws and how is the transfer to NPO coming along?

Strange how everyone is changing this to a license subject. I am with it, changing the license and all because there are some things that I don't like in the current license. As to what that license should be, I am currently stumped. Not one where SMF will lose all power but not one that suppresses freedom like the current one. It should be compatible with other license types also. Too bad I haven't seen such a license, leaving me to think one will have to be invented.

But enough about that. 

[phill104]

For those of you complaining about the Joomla-SMF thing there is a bridge available that does appear to be compliant with both licences - http://www.jfusion.org/ [nofollow]

I can fully understand both sides of the argument from Joomla and SMF but I will withold my thoughts of the FSF and their attitude to this.

Anyway, this is NOT the thread to have this discussion. I'm just passing on the available bridge information to thos who may need it.

Carry on everyone and I wish the SMF project a bright and rosy future.

[Kindred]

nend,

formatting the document to look nice is taking some time...

[nilox]

Congratulations! Great news