[Haskell-cafe] Offer to mirror Hackage

[wren ng thornton]

On 12/5/10 11:23 AM, Ketil Malde wrote:
> Florian Lengyel<florian.lengyel at gmail.com>  writes:
>
>> Why is there even any consideration of some committee if someone wants to
>> mirror the Hackage site? Why not mirror the site?
>
> +1
>
>    Alright, Mr. Wiseguy," she said, "if you're so clever, you tell us
>    what colour it should be."
>
> We can either let Dan set up a mirror, and add it to the haskell.org DNS
> (or just let it live at a different address), and have a mirror up in a
> couple of hours -- or we can set up 501(c)(3)s (whatever they are),
> decide on a payment service, write bylaws, hire lawyers etc.  All in the
> name of "not-dealing-with-this-shit"¹?

"Or"? There's no need to be exclusive. Fact is that haskell.org has some 
money and needs to deal with that, so incorporating is just a matter of 
time. But that doesn't preclude folks setting up mirrors or doing 
anything non-money related. All one needs to do is convince the DNS 
owners to add your IP# to their entry.

501(c)(3) is the legal term for a class of US organizations more 
typically known as "non-profit organizations". By incorporating as a 
501(c)(3) you get the benefits and responsibilities of being a 
government-recognized organization (e.g., rights to use a company name 
and prevent others from using it, certain kinds of indemnification 
against legal action, ability to act as a legal entity in other ways, 
rights to collect money, responsibility to pay taxes,...)

-- 
Live well,
~wren