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Daniel Robbins Resigns As Chief Gentoo Architect

Posted by timothy on from the bjorn-borg dept.

bdowne01 writes "Gentoo Linux has experienced rapid growth in the past year--much to the credit of Daniel Robbins, the founder and Chief Architect of the project. Earlier today, he announced his resignation from his role on the gentoo-nfp mailing list." Tester adds "But before leaving, he has set up a non-profit foundation that will own all of the copyrights to Gentoo. The initial board of trustees will be appointed by Daniel, but next year they will be elected. The membership of the foundation will be open." Reader burnitall points out a note on the Gentoo homepage reading "... We are extremely sad to see Daniel Robbins depart, and we both wish him the best in his new endeavors and promise that the door will always be open for his return." Robbins' message also indicates he hopes to continue working on the release engineering aspect of Gentoo.

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  1. Gentoo Copyrights by David+Hume · · Score: 5, Informative

    From the article:
    But before leaving, he has set up a non-profit foundation that will own all of the copyrights to Gentoo.


    Copyright Assignment to Gentoo

    Gentoo Technologies Inc. Copyright Assignment Form

    Gentoo Documentation Issues

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  2. Purely Personal by metallikop · · Score: 5, Informative
    It seems like Daniel's reasons for leaving were purely personal/family related. Not that I can blame him

    Here's a snippit:

    "OK. The purpose of this is to allow me to continue to support my family by doing things like pay for a house, pay for food, and potentially pay off some of the $20,000 in debt I accumulated during my tenure as Chief Architect of Gentoo, etc."
  3. Re:Has any reason been given? by arkhan_jg · · Score: 5, Informative

    No details yet - but this
    looks like it may well be part of the reason;
    specifically, he cannnot (and should not) have to shoulder the financial risk necessary to shift gentoo to its full Not For Profit status.

    Given that he has a young family to support, I for one can sympathise with his position.

    There's going to be an official announcement once the dust settles slightly, but thisappears to be the live gentoo forum thread.

    Go easy on it, the forums are pretty heavily loaded at the best of times, and the last thing the place needs is a full blown slashdotting!

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