SoftwareClubProspectusNumberOne

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Covering Letter
Dear friend,

For the last 4 years the costs of developing KForge have been borne by the Open Knowledge Foundation and the Appropriate Software Foundation.

In order to support the development of KForge into the future we are now creating a "software club" as a mechanism for sharing the costs of development and guiding that process. (We should emphasize that KForge will, of course, remain open-source software.)

Please take a look at the first club prospectus outlined below and let us know what you think.

Best regards,

Rufus and John

= Software Club Prospectus #1 (July 2009) =

Valid until: 1st October 2009

Contact Us
Club service desk: http://wiki.okfn.org/SoftwareClub

Introduction
This prospectus presents the current proposals of KForge Club.

Each proposal is summarized with statements of the purpose, planned benefit, and expected cost.

You are invited to contribute to any proposals you consider beneficial. You may also suggest new proposals.

Sharing
The club seeks to share the costs of the proposals between those who appreciate the benefits.

You are asked firstly to indicate which proposals you consider to be of benefit. The club will then attempt to share the cost of each proposal equally between those who indicate benefit.

If equal shares aren't possible, the club will try to achieve a consensus between contributors for an adjustment to the proposal, or for an unequal sharing of its cost.

Reporting
Contributors to proposals will receive regular reports on the progress of the proposals. The status of each proposal will also be published on the service desk, and updated as contributions are agreed and as work proceeds.

Proposal #1
Purpose: To host the Open Knowledge Software Club for 12 months.

Benefit: Network of sponsors; routine for circulating proposals.

Cost: 5 days (club hosting) £1000

Proposal #2
Purpose: To complete KForge software development milestone v1.0b.

Benefit: A more secure, more technically accessible KForge.

Cost: 10 days (software engineering) £2000

Proposal #3
Purpose: To complete KForge software development milestone v1.0.

Benefit: Stable KForge v1.0 packaged for major OS distributions.

Cost: 10 days (software engineering) £2000

Proposal #4
Purpose: To provide KnowledgeForge.net software service for 12 months.

Benefit: An open service for open knowledge development

Cost: 10 days (service execution management) £2000