[kde-community] Using software created by KDE and KDE-related communities/companies for KDE infrastructure

[Ingo Klöcker]

I'm replying to Aaron's and Thomas's message.

> On Monday 15 September 2014 16:24:55 Aleix Pol wrote:
> > - Kollab: This was already discussed recently in this list, it
> > doesn't seem feasible to offer a Kollab instance to the membership
> > (let alone the whole community) so I don't think we want to depend
> > on it. That said, We might want to ensure we have all the tools to
> > use the standards we can rely on, then ensure Kollab is capable to
> > interact with them, given it's one of the few platforms we could
> > have a say.

On Monday 15 September 2014 20:11:32 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> Given that Kolab will power the whole of Munich administration soon, I
> wonder why it wouldn't work for the - big, but still tiny compared to
> that - KDE community, but I am not an admin (I really should
> establish the IANAA and IANAD acronyms), so I may totally miss the
> difference. Would it require massive server or bandwidth resources
> which we don't have?

No, the problem is not technical, but legal. If we (resp. the KDE e.V. 
as our legal representative) would host a Kolab instance then the KDE 
e.V. would most likely become an email provider (according to German 
law). And being an email provider in Germany comes with lots of legal 
requirements and responsibilities.


On Monday 15 September 2014 20:04:45 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> I'm sure we can work sth out with Kolab Systems.

Not sure what you mean. AFAIK, nothing needs to be worked out with Kolab 
Systems. We need to get the ball rolling, not Kolab Systems.

If we want to use MyKolab.com: About 3 months ago Georg Greve has sent a 
message to the KDE e.V. mailing list (sorry, this list is restricted to 
KDE e.V. members) with a special offer for KDE people who want to use 
Kolab Systems' MyKolab.com.

OTOH, if we want to host our own Kolab instance (which we probably do 
not want to do because see above) then I don't see what needs to be 
worked out with Kolab Systems.

If you have something else in mind, then please elaborate.


Regards,
Ingo
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