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The Paris meeting results: the Community is moving forward

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http://blog.mandriva.com – Most of us are still sitting in the meeting room, but I think it’s important to let everybody know about the results of this fruitful meeting day in Paris. We (see the list of participants below) have met in Paris for most of the day and we discussed the future of the Mandriva Linux distribution. As explained in previous blogs, Mandriva SA wants to create a fully independent foundation that will sustain and develop the Linux distribution in the future. This will be a foundation hosting a Linux distribution project acting as a possible upstream for some corporate products and this distrib (General)

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As explained in the previous blogposts here, Mandriva SA would like to move forward with the creation of the foundation and the setup of an independent project in charge of developing the existing Mandriva Linux distribution. A conversation has started and I must say that I am happy with the feedback wether on the dedicated mailing list or on the community forums.

Dear users, friends, fans and supporters of the Mandriva Linux distribution, after reviewing all your messages, suggestions, ideas and comments, Mandriva SA took the decision to transfer the responsibility of the Mandriva Linux distribution to an independent entity.

We have been busy  behind the scenes determining the necessary processes and resouces needed for the future foundation.

hi all;

as discussed on foundation-list[0], I'm going to send the public agenda for the foundation meeting prior to the meeting itself.

* GUADEC 2013. * Future adboard meetings. * Next round of Womens Outreach Program. * Fiscal services for other Free Software projects. * Health insurance increase for Foundation employees

ciao, Emmanuele.

[0] https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-li

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