A majority vote of the current board members is required for the following matter.

Proposal:

Votes:

Board Member 1.
Josh Andler a
Tavmjong Bah a
Ted Gould b
Martin Owens abstain
Marc Jeanmougin a
Chris Rogers a

Resolution:

The resolution passed the PLC voted to reimburse Martin for the license to the audio track.

Background:

This is just a quickie ask to reimburse Martin for footing the music license fee for our current release video. This is a one-time cost, and not setting any precedent for future video costs, or otherwise.

Those in the video discussion on GitLab wanted a more permissive license for the new video music which would allow us to upload it with the video assets, so they can be used freely under CC-BY-SA. The decision was made in haste because the author of the music is going on holiday and needs the money now, and our release is only days away.

There are lots of things we can do to prevent this in the future, but that’s quite beside the point imho. This is an accidental cost that was covered by Martin, and I think it’s not too much of a one-off ask to pay him back for it.

Note: On resolution, CC:

approvals@buckeye.sfconservancy.org, accounting@sfconservancy.org, inkscape@sfconservancy.org