[Numpy-discussion] A Foundation for the support of NumPy and SciPy

[Jason Grout]

On 10/4/11 6:36 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote:
> TL;DR: When it comes to legal matters: starting your own non-profit is
> to joining an existing umbrella non-profit as CVS is to git. (And in
> fact git is also a SF Conservancy member.)

Good point.  William has a Sage Foundation set up through University of 
Washington, and UW (IIRC) handles all of these details.  I think it has 
worked out well (though, of course, William is the one to ask).

Jason