The GNOME Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, coordinating the efforts in the GNOME project.
Purpose
The GNOME Foundation works to further the goal of the GNOME project: to create a computing platform for use by the general public that is completely free software. It was founded on 15 August 2000 by Compaq, Eazel, Helix Code, IBM, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems and VA Linux Systems.[1]
To achieve this goal, the Foundation coordinates releases of GNOME and determines which projects are part of GNOME. The Foundation acts as an official voice for the GNOME project, providing a means of communication with the press and with commercial and noncommercial organizations interested in GNOME software. The foundation may produce educational materials and documentation to help the public learn about GNOME software. In addition, it may sponsor GNOME-related technical conferences, such as GUADEC and Boston Summit, represent GNOME at relevant conferences sponsored by others, help create technical standards for the project, and promote the use and development of GNOME software.
Management
As of June 2011, Karen Sandler is the Foundation's executive director.[2] The Executive Director is selected and hired by the GNOME Board of Directors.[3]
Board of directors
The Foundation's Board of Directors is elected every year via election held by GNOME Foundation Election Committee. Current (since July 2012) Board Members are Emmanuele Bassi, Joanmarie Diggs, Seif Lotfy, Shaun McCance, Tobias Mueller, Andreas Nilsson, Bastien Nocera.[4]
Notable former board members
- Nat Friedman (2001–2003)
- Jim Gettys (2000–2002)
- Miguel de Icaza (2000–2002)
- Raph Levien (2000–2001)
- Michael Meeks (2001)
- Federico Mena Quintero (2000–2001, 2004–2005)
- Havoc Pennington (2000–2001)
Membership
All GNOME contributors can apply to be a member of the Foundation. All members are eligible to stand for the Board of Directors, vote in the Board elections and suggest referenda for voting.[5]
Advisory board
The Foundation's Advisory Board is a body of organizations and companies that wish to communicate closely with the Board of Directors and the GNOME project. Organizations may join the advisory board for an annual fee of between US$5000 and US$10000, or be invited as a non-profit.
As of 2010[update], Advisory Board members include: Canonical Ltd., Debian, Free Software Foundation, Google, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Igalia, Intel, Motorola, Mozilla Foundation, Nokia, Novell, OLPC, Red Hat, Software Freedom Law Center, Sugar Labs and Sun Microsystems.
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