Re: [Haskell-cafe] Offer to mirror Hackage

On 12/5/10 11:23 AM, Ketil Malde wrote:

Florian Lengyel writes:

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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