[Haskell-cafe] [Haskell] Proposal to incorporate Haskell.org

[Ganesh Sittampalam]

On 16/12/2011 10:59, Giovanni Tirloni wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 7:08 AM, Ganesh Sittampalam <ganesh at earth.li
> <mailto:ganesh at earth.li>> wrote:
> 
>     > Q: If an umbrella non-profit organisation "The Haskell Foundation" was
>     >     created, would haskell.org <http://haskell.org> be able to
>     join it?
>     > A: Yes. It's likely that in such a scenario, the Haskell Foundation
>     >     would become the owner of the haskell.org <http://haskell.org>
>     domain name, with the cost
>     >     divided between the members. The entity that is part of the
>     SFC would
>     >     be renamed "community.haskell.org
>     <http://community.haskell.org>" in order to avoid confusion.
> 
> 
> Would it be a too ambitious goal to create the "Haskell Foundation" at
> this moment?

It would be a lot of administrative effort - managing accounts, tax
filings, etc. While it would give us more control, I don't think the
benefits would be very significant.

So in my view for now it's best not to go it alone.

Cheers,

Ganesh