Developer Meetings/20071027/SFC Response

From K-3D

Following is the response we received from the Software Freedom Conservancy in response to our interest in joining:

"Timothy M. Shead" <tshead@k-3d.com> writes:

> I am writing on behalf of the K-3D (www.k-3d.org) project, which
> produces computer graphics software licensed under the GPL.  Because the
> project has grown to a point where it is beginning to generate donations
> (notably, this year's Google Summer of Code), we are interested in
> making arrangements to setup tax-exempt status.  From your website, the
> Software Freedom Conservancy looks like it may be a good fit - I'd be
> grateful if you could contact me with additional details.

To apply to the Conservancy, we ask project leader(s) send us the
following (links to online documents where the information is already
published is fine):

   * Detailed description of the project.
   * Roadmap for future development.
   * link to the website.
   * Link to the code repository.
   * Brief history of the project, including past governance decisions.
   * Names and email addresses of key developers, past and present.
   * Information about any past for-profit or non-profit organizational
     affiliations the project has had.

Please be advised that we currently have a large backlog of applications,
and I cannot give you a definitive timeframe commitment on when we will be
able to accept new projects.  There has been overwhelming interest in the
Conservancy, and we are evaluating projects on a first-come,
first-evaluated basis.  We are also prioritizing our work to make sure the
needs of already accepted projects are met before we proceed on the
evaluation of new projects.

Feel free to submit the information I described, and anything else you'd
like us to review in considering an application, and we will add you to
the queue.  We appreciate your understanding regarding the delay.

-- 
Bradley M. Kuhn
President, Software Freedom Conservancy