Red Hat gives up on Fedora Foundation

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In an  open letter distributed to the Fedora community earlier this week, Red Hat employee and Fedora project leader Max Spevack states that Red Hat is no longer interested in establishing an autonomous, nonprofit foundation to manage the Fedora project. Instead, Red Hat will revive the Fedora Project Board, which will include five Red Hat representatives, four members of the Fedora community, and a chairman appointed by Red Hat who will possess veto power. Dominated by Red Hat, the Fedora Project Board will now have complete authority over the Fedora project, including budgetary control.

Initially announced at the 2005 Red Hat Summit in New Orleans by Red Hat general counsel Mark Webbink, the Fedora Foundation was going to be a 501©3 nonprofit organization...

full article: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060406-6535.html

Letter sent by Red Hat to the Fedora announcement list: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-a...00016.html