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Since its birth in 1999 the distribution has evolved to one of the top Linux distributions available today. +The incorporated technologies including Portage, the software management system, are frequently seen as major software breakthroughs. + +In order to sustain the current quality and development swiftness the Gentoo project needs a framework +for intellectual property protection and financial contributions while limiting the contributors' legal exposure. +The Gentoo Foundation will embody this framework without intervening in the Gentoo development. +This latter aspect should be seen as a clear separation between coordinating the Gentoo development and protecting Gentoo's assets. +Both are distinct concepts requiring different skills and working methods. + +The Gentoo Foundation decouples necessary bureaucracy from development, providing faster and higher quality results +as the developer can now focus his attention completely at the community and his responsibilities (being software, documentation, infrastructure or others). + +The bureaucracy we mention includes: + +* financial caretaking: accepting donations, managing financial assets and investing in required resources or entities that benefit the Gentoo development +* juridical protection: backing up the licenses Gentoo uses, maintaining the copyrights on Gentoo's software, documentation and other assets and protecting Gentoo's intellectual property +* Gentoo caretaking: protecting the community by requiring total adherence to the Gentoo Social Contract + +In other words, the Gentoo Foundation will: + +* protect the use of the Gentoo trademark and logo +* protect the developed code, documentation, artwork and other material through copyright and licenses +* sponsor Gentoo-related conferences and technical development resources +* oversee development so it adheres to the social contract + +## Principles of the Gentoo Foundation + +### Introduction + +The Gentoo Foundation keeps four pillars in mind: + +1. Gentoo provides choices +2. Gentoo is open +3. Gentoo lives for the community, by the community +4. Gentoo is independent + +### Gentoo provides choices + +Gentoo is a metadistribution, providing choices to its users. This important idea forms the basis of Gentoo's development: +not a single feature will be dismissed in favor of a different one when both can be maintained. +Skills learned today will still be relevant in the future. + +### Gentoo is open + +Every aspect of Gentoo is and remains open. +Gentoo does not benefit from hiding any of its development processes (whether it is source code or documentation, decisions or discussions, coordination or management). + +### Gentoo lives for the community, by the community + +Gentoo strives to please its users. The Gentoo community is Gentoo's goal of life. +Without community there is no Gentoo. +To help Gentoo's development, the community provides a continuous stream of feedback and contributes to the various aspects of the Gentoo distribution. +This cooperative model will remain valid for Gentoo's entire lifespan. + +### Gentoo is independent + +Gentoo will never be reigned by a company nor be dictated by an organisation. + +## Tasks of the Gentoo Foundation + +### Intellectual Property Protection + +The Gentoo Foundation is the legal owner of the Gentoo trademark and logo. +To protect Gentoo it will oversee the use of the Gentoo name and logo and take appropriate action when the Gentoo Foundation feels that the name or logo is wrongfully used. + +### Support the Gentoo Development + +The Gentoo Foundation has revenues gathered from donations, sold Gentoo items and other sources. +This financial income will be used to support the Gentoo development in any way possible, as decided by the trustees. + +The primary use of the funds are to support Gentoo's infrastructure as it is the backbone of the project. + +### Oversee adherence to the Social Contract + +To keep the spirit of Openness and Freedom alive within Gentoo, the Gentoo Foundation continues to keep an active eye +on the Gentoo development to make sure it adheres to the [Gentoo Social Contract](/get-started/philosophy/social-contract.html). + +## The Board of Trustees + +### Current Board Members + +(alphabetical order by last name) + +* David Abbott, dabbott +* Roy Bamford, NeddySeagoon +* Petteri Räty, Betelgeuse +* Matthew Summers, quantumsummers +* Sven Vermeulen, SwifT + +### Board Minutes + +* [2008 Minutes](https://projects.gentoo.org/foundation/2008/) +* [2009 Minutes](https://projects.gentoo.org/foundation/2009/) +* [2010 Minutes](https://projects.gentoo.org/foundation/2010/) +* [2011 Minutes](https://projects.gentoo.org/foundation/2011/) +* [2012 Minutes](https://projects.gentoo.org/foundation/2012/) +* [2013 Minutes](https://projects.gentoo.org/foundation/2013/) +* [2014 Minutes](https://projects.gentoo.org/foundation/2014/) +* [2015 Minutes](https://projects.gentoo.org/foundation/2015/) + +### Election Process + +The mathematical election method the Gentoo Foundation uses is called the [Condorcet Voting](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method). + +Each member of the Gentoo Foundation at the moment the roll for the election closes may vote. +Each member is able to rank all candidates in the preferred order of election. +Multiple entries for the same position are allowed. +Currently, all who have ever voted in any Foundation election are members of the Foundation unless they have officially resigned. +If you are not a member (or do not know if you are a member), you may petition the Trustees for admittance. +Please see the [Bylaws](https://wwwold.gentoo.org/foundation/en/BylawsAdopted.xml) Article IV for a complete explanation of membership in the Foundation. + +The Condorcet Voting then takes two candidates and counts how many times candidate A was ranked higher than candidate B and vice versa. +Then, based on this numbers, it looks for the candidate that is not beaten by any other candidate and ranks him on top. +It then removes this candidate from the list and starts the process again to find the subsequent "winners". + +When no candidate in a set of candidates is unbeaten, the least decisive defeat is dropped, again and again, +until either one candidate remains (who is then marked as a "winner") or a true tie exists. +In case of the Gentoo Foundation, only when a true tie exists for the final (5th) position the President of the board +has the final saying (otherwise both candidates are welcomed as "winners"). + +### Trustee Responsibilities + +As a group, the Trustees each have an equal vote to decide upon issues outlined in the tasks above. +A majority vote (3 of 5) is required for all decisions. +The trustees must uphold the principles of the Gentoo Foundation, its bylaws, and help to maintain a good reputation for the Foundation. + +In common with the organisation of other corporations the Gentoo Foundation Inc has directors (the trustees) and officers that work at the direction of the trustees. +Meanwhile, the trustees also fulful most of the roles of officers, current appointments being: + +* President - Roy Bamford, NeddySeagoon +* Vice President - Matthew Summers, quantumsummers +* Treasurer - Matthew Summers, quantumsummers +* Secretary - David Abbott, dabbott + +## Resources + +### Links + +The following are links to other pages of information regarding the Gentoo Foundation and its tasks: + +* [Bylaws for the Gentoo Foundation](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Gentoo_Foundation_ByLaws) +* [Requesting funds from the Gentoo Foundation](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Gentoo_Foundation_Funding_Request) +* [Gentoo Foundation, Inc. Status](https://portal.sos.state.nm.us/corps/Corplookup/Details.aspx?Nmscc=2463313) +* [Foundation Activity Tracker](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Gentoo_Foundation_Activity_Tracker) +* [Gentoo Foundation Members List](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Gentoo_Foundation_20150412_Member_List) +* [Financial Reports](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Gentoo_Foundation_Finances) + +### Contact + +You may contact the Board of Trustees by e-mailing trustees at gentoo.org.
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