[Ironruby-core] "Start spreading the news"

Orion Edwards
2010-08-10T07:21:00Z

On 9/08/2010, at 6:42 PM, Jimmy Schementi wrote:
>
> This is a monumental opportunity for you all, the IronRuby community, to
rally around something Microsoft invested in, enough to a initial 1.0 release,
and make it your own. However, there are two things we should ask Microsoft to
commit to during this transition:
> Be clear about their intentions. I know this will eventually happen, but I
want to make it clear to all of you that this is the first step.
> Donate IronRuby to a non-Microsoft entity (again, assuming they
don''t plan on continuing funding). Though IronRuby is licensed under an
open-source license, it is copyright Microsoft. IronRuby.net is owned by
Microsoft. The GitHub "ironruby" organization is managed by Microsoft.
Etc, etc. If the intention is to cease funding IronRuby, then a non-profit
foundation owning IronRuby, like CodePlex Foundation, would be ideal, so that we
don''t need to jointly own the copyright. There also is precedence in
Microsoft for internal employees to donate to the CodePlex foundation, so Tomas
and Jim can continue to contribute.

+1

This seems like an ideal fit for something like the Codeplex foundation, and as
far as I can think, it would solve pretty much all the current uncertainty
around the future of IR :-)

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