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=== Business Agent ===  

 

 

 

== Business Agent ==  

This person will lead the Administrative Group and will assume responsibility for the business affairs of the SME community.

This person will lead the Administrative Group and will assume responsibility for the business affairs of the SME community.

The duties of this position include:

The duties of this position include:

- Act as the agent for the community when legal documents must be completed / signed.

* Act as the agent for the community when legal documents must be completed / signed.

- Oversee or delegate the completion of any tax and / or corporate documents as required by law.

* Oversee or delegate the completion of any tax and / or corporate documents as required by law.

- Collect and present the legal, business and other relevant concerns / issues of the other group leaders and present them to the Corporate Steward (via the Liaison) for resolution.

* Collect and present the legal, business and other relevant concerns / issues of the other group leaders and present them to the Corporate Steward (via the Liaison) for resolution.

- Document and file any correspondence, vote / polling results, internal communications and approvals or any other document needed to document,

* Document and file any correspondence, vote / polling results, internal communications and approvals or any other document needed to document, record and prove valid procedural processes have been followed in the conduct of our business affairs.

  record and prove valid procedural processes have been followed in the conduct of our business affairs.

* The Business Agent may create the posts of Administrative Leader (AL) as needed to offload tasks and delegate responsibility for different functions as needed due to time and workload issues.

- The Business Agent may create the posts of Administrative Leader (AL) as needed to offload tasks and delegate responsibility for different functions as needed due to time and workload issues.

* This delegation may include financial activities, reporting, disbursement of funds, etc.

- This delegation may include financial activities, reporting, disbursement of funds, etc.

The Business Agent shall be responsible for monitoring license compliance for the community, ensuring both that the community adheres to the provisions of the licenses of the software that we use, and that any licenses applied to software created by community members are enforced.

The Business Agent shall be responsible for monitoring license compliance for the community, ensuring both that the community adheres to the provisions of the licenses of the software that we use, and that any licenses applied to software created by community members are enforced.

The BA will also function as the liaison with other external entities to promptly resolve these issues.

The BA will also function as the liaison with other external entities to promptly resolve these issues.

The team will:  

The team will:  

- Maintain a list of the licenses for all packages used in the SME Server OS.  

* Maintain a list of the licenses for all packages used in the SME Server OS.  

- Monitor these packages for compliance, and for any license changes by the originator or packager.  

* Monitor these packages for compliance, and for any license changes by the originator or packager.  

- Maintain list of appropriate places within the SME Server distribution for copyright assertions.

* Maintain list of appropriate places within the SME Server distribution for copyright assertions.

- Work with any individual who contributes to SME Server to ensure that any code has a copyright notice in the  appropriate place(s).

* Work with any individual who contributes to SME Server to ensure that any code has a copyright notice in the  appropriate place(s).

- Monitor any re releases from other groups for the appropriate copyright notices  

* Monitor any re releases from other groups for the appropriate copyright notices  

- Respond as quickly as possible to any license disputes.  

* Respond as quickly as possible to any license disputes.  

- Fully document any processes, contacts, procedures, etc., used for this purpose.  

* Fully document any processes, contacts, procedures, etc., used for this purpose.  

- Engage the copyright holder as required to ensure complete understanding of the license(s) in question and arrange for the possibility of any enforcement action.  

* Engage the copyright holder as required to ensure complete understanding of the license(s) in question and arrange for the possibility of any enforcement action.  

- Contact any organization that is deemed to be in violation of our licenses, and work with them to achieve compliance.  

* Contact any organization that is deemed to be in violation of our licenses, and work with them to achieve compliance.  

- Engage the Free Software Foundation (FSF) as required to address any questions concerning licensing, and to investigate any enforcement actions that may become necessary.

* Engage the Free Software Foundation (FSF) as required to address any questions concerning licensing, and to investigate any enforcement actions that may become necessary.

- Assemble all documents, contacts, test  results, etc., prior to contacting the FSF, and follow the process(es) they have created for this purpose.  

* Assemble all documents, contacts, test  results, etc., prior to contacting the FSF, and follow the process(es) they have created for this purpose.  

- Contact any appropriate organizations to bring our licensing disputes into the public arena.  

* Contact any appropriate organizations to bring our licensing disputes into the public arena.  

It is the specific intent of this section of the constitution to require that the SME Server community operate and remain in the strictest compliance

It is the specific intent of this section of the constitution to require that the SME Server community operate and remain in the strictest compliance

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