[Buildroot] [PATCH] docs/website: add page for the Buildroot Association

Thu Feb 7 23:19:08 UTC 2019

On 07/02/2019 23:09, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> For about two years, a legal entity called "Buildroot Association" was
> created in France to support the Buildroot project. Until fall 2018,
> this legal entity has not been used. In fall 2018, we started using it
> in order to receive donations from companies in order to organize the
> Buildroot Developers Meeting that took place before the Embedded Linux
> Conference Europe 2018 in Edinburgh.
> 
> This commit creates a new page on our web site that documents the
> existence of this Buildroot Association, and details how to become a
> member. Both individuals and companies can become members.
> 
> It is worth stating that the Buildroot Association does not control
> the Buildroot project: it remains a fully open-source and
> community-driven project. The Buildroot Association only serves as a
> legal entity to handle donations and money needed to organize the
> Buildroot Developers Meeting, and pay for a few expenses related to
> the project (such as domain names).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com>
> ---
>  docs/website/foundation.html | 122 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  docs/website/header.html     |   2 +
>  2 files changed, 124 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 docs/website/foundation.html
> 
> diff --git a/docs/website/foundation.html b/docs/website/foundation.html
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..c25eb42f96
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/docs/website/foundation.html
                     ^^^^^^^^^^association + in other places

> @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
> +<!--#include file="header.html" -->
> +
> +<div class="container">
> +  <div class="row nh"><!-- current sponsor row -->
> +    <div class="col-lg-10 col-lg-offset-1 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12">
> +      <div class="panel panel-primary">
> +	<div class="panel-heading">Foundation</div>
> +	<div class="panel-body">
> +
> +	  <p>The Buildroot open-source project is supported by a
> +	  non-profit organization called the <strong>Buildroot
> +	  Association</strong>. The goal of this non-profit
> +	  organization is <strong>to engage actions to promote, help
> +	  develop and democratise the Buildroot project</strong>.</p>
> +
> +	  <p>This non-profit organization is registered as a legal
> +	  entity in France, more precisely as an <em>association loi
> +	  1901</em>.</p>
> +
> +	  <p>This organization can receive funding from members,
> +	  donators and sponsors. This funding is then used to:</p>
          ^^^^^^^^donors

> +
> +	  <ul>
> +	    <li>Pay for the meeting rooms used during the
> +	      bi-yearly Buildroot Developers Meeting;</li>

 Don't you just love English... bi-yearly can mean "twice per year" or "every
two years"... To avoid confusion, I'd use "twice per year".

> +	    <li>Pay for travel expenses for contributors
> +	      willing to attend the Buildroot Developers
> +	      Meeting, and not covered by their employer to do
> +	      so;</li>
> +	    <li>Pay for renting servers used to host the
                                       ^ and services
because it is actually used mainly for the domain name now I think.

> +	      Buildroot infrastructure.</li>
> +	  </ul>
> +
> +	  <p>The statutes of the association are available
                 ^^^^^^^^bylaws?

> +	  in <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/buildroot/buildroot-association/master/statuts_fr.txt">French</a>
> +	  (official) and
> +	  in <a href="https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot-association/blob/master/statutes_en.txt">English</a>
> +	  (unofficial translation). The association was declared on
> +	  March 14, 2016 to the <em>Préfecture de Haute-Garonne</em>
> +	  (France) and is registered under the n°W313024278. See this
> +	  official <a href="https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot-association/blob/master/pdf/Recepisse_CR.pdf">receipt</a>
> +	  from the french authorities.</p>
                   ^F
> +
> +	  <p>Our accounting is fully public, including the bank
> +	  account summaries,
> +	  see <a href="https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot-association/tree/master/accounting">accounting</a>. Numerous
> +	  other administrative documents related to the association
> +	  are available on
> +	  its <a href="https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot-association/">Github
> +	  repository</a></p>
> +	</div>
> +      </div>
> +
> +      <div class="panel panel-primary">
> +	<div class="panel-heading">Becoming a member</div>
> +	<div class="panel-body">
> +
> +	  <p>To become a member, an individual or a company simply has
> +	  to pay its yearly membership. For an individual, the minimum

 Should we mention somewhere that the board can veto that?

> +	  membership fee per year is 10 EUR. For a company, the
> +	  minimum membership fee per year is 150 EUR. Individuals and
> +	  companies are free to give more than the minimum
> +	  required.</p>
> +
> +	  <p>The membership is valid for the current civil year, i.e
> +	  any membership fee paid in 2019 is valid in December 31,
                                                   ^through

> +	  2019.</p>
> +
> +	  <p>Once the membership fee is received, it will be list in
                                                                 ed
> +	  the
> +	  association <a href="https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot-association/tree/master/accounting">accounting</a>
> +	  files, which serve as the official list of
> +	  members. Therefore, members accept that their name and the
> +	  amount of their membership fee is made public.</p>
> +
> +	  <p>There are two possibilities to pay the membership
> +	  fee:</p>
> +
> +	  <ul>
> +
> +	    <li>A direct wire-transfer to the association bank
> +	    account. Since the bank account is located in France, this
> +	    is completely free of charge for any person or company
> +	    located in the European Union. The IBAN number of the
> +	    association bank account is <code>FR53 2004 1010 1615 0958
> +	    0P03 772</code></li>
                           ^.

 I've applied to master with all these changes (except the veto thing). Can
still be corrected later.

 Regards,
 Arnout

> +
> +	    <li>A Paypal payment to the association Paypal account,
> +	    whose address
> +	    is <code>buildroot-association at lists.buildroot.org</code>.</li>
> +
> +	  </ul>
> +
> +	</div>
> +      </div>
> +
> +      <div class="panel panel-primary">
> +	<div class="panel-heading">Sponsoring the project</div>
> +	<div class="panel-body">
> +
> +	  <p>Companies willing to help the Buildroot project can do so
> +	  by making a donation to the <em>Buildroot
> +	  Association</em>. In exchange for these donations, companies
> +	  will be listed on our <a href="/sponsors.html">Sponsors</a>
> +	  page and will be thanked in our release announcements.</p>
> +
> +	  <p>As the <em>Buildroot Association</em> is a legal entity
> +	  registered in France, it is able to deliver a bill and/or
> +	  receipt.</p>
> +
> +	  <p>Please
> +	  contact <a href="mailto:buildroot-association at lists.buildroot.org">buildroot-association at lists.buildroot.org</a>
> +	  if you are a company interested in making a donation.</p>
> +
> +	</div>
> +      </div>
> +
> +    </div>
> +  </div>
> +</div>
> +
> +<!--#include file="footer.html" -->
> diff --git a/docs/website/header.html b/docs/website/header.html
> index a6f16e680b..ed4b62a1e5 100644
> --- a/docs/website/header.html
> +++ b/docs/website/header.html
> @@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
>  					<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-share"></span> Contribute</a></li>
>  				<li><a href="/sponsors.html">
>  					<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-usd"></span> Sponsors</a></li>
> +				<li><a href="/foundation.html">
> +					<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-resize-small"></span> Foundation</a></li>
>  				<li><a id="menubutton" class="btn btn-success btn-shrink" href="/download.html">
>  					<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-cloud-download"></span>
>  					<span class="text-shrink" >Download</span></a></li>
> 