[Gd-hackers] Discussing using the name Open Dylan

[Peter Robisch]

>> Peter S. Housel schrieb:
>> I never said $400/year... it would be a one-time fee. 
   [...] 
>>probably in the $400-$1000 range

> Andreas Bogk
> Ok, a one-time-fee is something entirely different, of course.

In the original discussion did not mention whether that an annually or a
one-time-fee. I wrote the protocol and made the addition "per year", so
it was my fault.

Currently it is unclear to me where this foundation will be set up.
In Germany, Neuseeland or USA. Who will provide further information 
About what needs to be done?

For the moment I hack a mission statement form my point of view with the
help of the link http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/community/osgeo/background


Pet-ro


Appendix: A draft for a mission statement written in a wiki like format.
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The Dylan community is at the point where it needs more transparency. 

A non-profit foundation can help the community to be more organized. 

* to serve as a professional advocate that represents 
  the language and as well as software projects to potential user,
contributors and sponsors.
* to pursue funding to pay for further developement
* to help maintain vital project and components. 

The Dylan Software Foundation exists around Dylan language
implementation. 
We currently protect two Dylan implementations. Our focus is on direct 
development of modern compiler implementation and providing frameworks 
for modern application development. We serve as a professional advocate 
that represents the language and as well as software projects to
potential 
users, contributors and sponsors. We do this professional advocating
because 
we believe that is the best way to ensure a hight vitality of core
focus:
direct development of developing- and application-frameworks based on
the Dylan language.

Derived from this core focus the Dylan Software Foundation accepts these

tasks as her reponsibilities (Footnote: These task are derived from 
Potential
[http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/community/osgeo/background/foundationtasks
/ |Tasks and Responsibilities] ):

* Community Support 
** Maintain Web Infrastructure & Content 
** Organise Conferences and Events 
* News and Press Releases 
* Developer Support 
** Maintain Developer Infrastructure 
** Goverance & Proposal Development 
* Communicating News and Release
** to the community
** to media at large
* Community transparency
** Transparency related to donations
*** Accept and administer donations
*** Build up a solicit funding
** Transparency related to decisions
*** Criteria in selecting a fund-worth project
* Promotional Presentations 
** Providing presentation material about its project to members 
   who can serve as multiplicator, e.g.:
*** speakers at conferences.
*** contact person to potential user, contributors and sponsors
* Get in contact to academic community
** First step: Fighting for a broad academic attention to Dylan 
*** deliver information about the high quality of Dylan as educational
project language include the development of course material
*** deliver topics for term papers that students can contribute
*** Students will benefit from having a profound background information
material related to software projects.
** Second step: Build up a network that uses foundation software
projects within the academic community.
*** Ensure vitality of those networks
* Get in contact to potential users
** present not only open standards, but also open protocols
   (see:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/29/openstandardsopensource.ht
ml )
** use Literate Source to present protocol usage as well as their
implementations.
* Get in contact to potential sponsors
** Likewise those who hold education in high esteem, e.g. funding
agencies focus on research projects and academic education.
** Likewise those who are potenially interest to leaf the Java and
C-World behind. Special fields are 
*** the markets of developing secure and reliable applications:
real-time / Embedded software;  
*** the niche of domain specific language (DSL) requiring software
engineering. In several software
    engineering market niches a reliable software is built easier via
DSL
* For-fee Services 
**  The foundation may need to find innovative ways of acquiring funds
for offsetting internal costs. 
    One way to do this is by having for-fee services such as consulting,
presentations and workshops. 
    There could also be book sales, web site advertising and customised
programming projects. In some 
    cases, members of the community volunteer their time to help raise
funds for the foundation.