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+1 - that's really great news!
-Shawn
On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Nicolas P. Rougier
<Nic...@in...> wrote:
>
> +1. Great news.
>
> Nicolas.
>
>> On 21 Jan 2015, at 20:22, Chris Barker <chr...@no...> wrote:
>>
>> +1 -- sounds great!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Michael Droettboom <md...@st...> wrote:
>> Matplotlib
>> is a widely used, well regarded, and powerful visualization
>> library that has dominated the Python visualization stack for
>> over a decade. However, to maintain that position, matplotlib
>> must continue to evolve. Complementary or alternative
>> libraries are appearing at an increasing rate, including
>> browser-based plotting and GPU acceleration. To maintain its
>> leadership position for the next decade, Matplotlib must
>> interface with these alternatives while simultaneously
>> expanding its capabilities and becoming easier to use and
>> learn.
>>
>>
>> Matplotlib’s
>> large existing user base (greater than 50,000) means that new
>> developments need to be carefully balanced with maintaining
>> existing interfaces. With the large user and code base comes
>> a significant maintenance and user-support burden. These
>> responsibilities currently account for a majority of the
>> core-developer time spent on matplotlib and has resulted in
>> both the code base and community being in a healthier state
>> than ever before. Even 6 years ago there was no automated
>> testing to speak of and the number of contributors continues
>> to soar on github. However, this effort is, for the most part,
>> done on a volunteer basis in the nights and weekends of the
>> core developers. To go beyond this maintenance level—to make
>> step-change improvements for the benefit of matplotlib’s
>> users—will require funding for full-time developers. Inspired
>> and encouraged by the example of IPython, we would like to
>> begin the process of fundraising.
>>
>>
>> Managing
>> funding on the needed scale is a complex and time-consuming
>> process. Thankfully, NumFOCUS, a 501(c)3 charity organisation
>> co-founded by John Hunter, offers a fiscal sponsorship
>> agreement to minimize the administrative and legal burden on
>> open source projects. We would like to enlist NumFOCUS as our
>> agents in all legal and financial matters, including banking,
>> accepting donations as a non-profit, payroll, and access to
>> legal counsel. As part of the agreement, NumFOCUS would
>> charge a percentage of all funds raised to cover their costs.
>> The full text of the agreement is attached.
>>
>>
>> To
>> comply with the legal and accounting requirements of a
>> non-profit, matplotlib needs to form an administrative body to
>> interact with NumFOCUS and direct the disbursement of any
>> funds. The proposed initial members of the body, are myself
>> (Mike Droettboom), Eric Firing, Phil Elson, and Thomas
>> Caswell, with Thomas acting as the point of contact with
>> NumFOCUS.
>>
>>
>> In
>> practice, signing an FSA will have very little impact on the
>> matplotlib project itself - it will still be BSD-licensed and
>> community-driven as it has always been, and the only
>> motivation for doing this is to give us an opportunity to
>> apply for funding to do more work on matplotlib. We'd like to
>> canvas the community's opinion on the matter, but to put a
>> concrete timeline on the discussion, we would like to propose
>> signing an FSA with NumFOCUS in 3 weeks (Feb 10th 2015) unless
>> there is a major community discomfort with us doing so.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>> Michael Droettboom
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Michael Droettboom
>> Science Software Branch
>> Space Telescope Science Institute
>>
>>
>> http://www.droettboom.com
>>
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>>
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+1. Great news.
Nicolas.
> On 21 Jan 2015, at 20:22, Chris Barker <chr...@no...> wrote:
> 
> +1 -- sounds great!
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Michael Droettboom <md...@st...> wrote:
> Matplotlib
> is a widely used, well regarded, and powerful visualization
> library that has dominated the Python visualization stack for
> over a decade. However, to maintain that position, matplotlib
> must continue to evolve. Complementary or alternative
> libraries are appearing at an increasing rate, including
> browser-based plotting and GPU acceleration. To maintain its
> leadership position for the next decade, Matplotlib must
> interface with these alternatives while simultaneously
> expanding its capabilities and becoming easier to use and
> learn.
> 
> 
> Matplotlib’s
> large existing user base (greater than 50,000) means that new
> developments need to be carefully balanced with maintaining
> existing interfaces. With the large user and code base comes
> a significant maintenance and user-support burden. These
> responsibilities currently account for a majority of the
> core-developer time spent on matplotlib and has resulted in
> both the code base and community being in a healthier state
> than ever before. Even 6 years ago there was no automated
> testing to speak of and the number of contributors continues
> to soar on github. However, this effort is, for the most part,
> done on a volunteer basis in the nights and weekends of the
> core developers. To go beyond this maintenance level—to make
> step-change improvements for the benefit of matplotlib’s
> users—will require funding for full-time developers. Inspired
> and encouraged by the example of IPython, we would like to
> begin the process of fundraising.
> 
> 
> Managing
> funding on the needed scale is a complex and time-consuming
> process. Thankfully, NumFOCUS, a 501(c)3 charity organisation
> co-founded by John Hunter, offers a fiscal sponsorship
> agreement to minimize the administrative and legal burden on
> open source projects. We would like to enlist NumFOCUS as our
> agents in all legal and financial matters, including banking,
> accepting donations as a non-profit, payroll, and access to
> legal counsel. As part of the agreement, NumFOCUS would
> charge a percentage of all funds raised to cover their costs.
> The full text of the agreement is attached.
> 
> 
> To
> comply with the legal and accounting requirements of a
> non-profit, matplotlib needs to form an administrative body to
> interact with NumFOCUS and direct the disbursement of any
> funds. The proposed initial members of the body, are myself
> (Mike Droettboom), Eric Firing, Phil Elson, and Thomas
> Caswell, with Thomas acting as the point of contact with
> NumFOCUS.
> 
> 
> In
> practice, signing an FSA will have very little impact on the
> matplotlib project itself - it will still be BSD-licensed and
> community-driven as it has always been, and the only
> motivation for doing this is to give us an opportunity to
> apply for funding to do more work on matplotlib. We'd like to
> canvas the community's opinion on the matter, but to put a
> concrete timeline on the discussion, we would like to propose
> signing an FSA with NumFOCUS in 3 weeks (Feb 10th 2015) unless
> there is a major community discomfort with us doing so. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Michael Droettboom
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Michael Droettboom
> Science Software Branch
> Space Telescope Science Institute
> 
> 
> http://www.droettboom.com
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> New Year. New Location. New Benefits. New Data Center in Ashburn, VA.
> GigeNET is offering a free month of service with a new server in Ashburn.
> Choose from 2 high performing configs, both with 100TB of bandwidth.
> Higher redundancy.Lower latency.Increased capacity.Completely compliant.
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/gigenet
> _______________________________________________
> Matplotlib-devel mailing list
> Mat...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Christopher Barker, Ph.D.
> Oceanographer
> 
> Emergency Response Division
> NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice
> 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax
> Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception
> 
> Chr...@no...
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> New Year. New Location. New Benefits. New Data Center in Ashburn, VA.
> GigeNET is offering a free month of service with a new server in Ashburn.
> Choose from 2 high performing configs, both with 100TB of bandwidth.
> Higher redundancy.Lower latency.Increased capacity.Completely compliant.
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/gigenet_______________________________________________
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+1 -- sounds great!
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Michael Droettboom <md...@st...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> * Matplotlib is a widely used, well regarded, and powerful visualization
> library that has dominated the Python visualization stack for over a
> decade. However, to maintain that position, matplotlib must continue to
> evolve. Complementary or alternative libraries are appearing at an
> increasing rate, including browser-based plotting and GPU acceleration. To
> maintain its leadership position for the next decade, Matplotlib must
> interface with these alternatives while simultaneously expanding its
> capabilities and becoming easier to use and learn. Matplotlib’s large
> existing user base (greater than 50,000) means that new developments need
> to be carefully balanced with maintaining existing interfaces. With the
> large user and code base comes a significant maintenance and user-support
> burden. These responsibilities currently account for a majority of the
> core-developer time spent on matplotlib and has resulted in both the code
> base and community being in a healthier state than ever before. Even 6
> years ago there was no automated testing to speak of and the number of
> contributors continues to soar on github. However, this effort is, for the
> most part, done on a volunteer basis in the nights and weekends of the core
> developers. To go beyond this maintenance level—to make step-change
> improvements for the benefit of matplotlib’s users—will require funding for
> full-time developers. Inspired and encouraged by the example of IPython, we
> would like to begin the process of fundraising. Managing funding on the
> needed scale is a complex and time-consuming process. Thankfully,
> NumFOCUS, a 501(c)3 charity organisation co-founded by John Hunter, offers
> a fiscal sponsorship agreement to minimize the administrative and legal
> burden on open source projects. We would like to enlist NumFOCUS as our
> agents in all legal and financial matters, including banking, accepting
> donations as a non-profit, payroll, and access to legal counsel. As part
> of the agreement, NumFOCUS would charge a percentage of all funds raised to
> cover their costs. The full text of the agreement is attached. To comply
> with the legal and accounting requirements of a non-profit, matplotlib
> needs to form an administrative body to interact with NumFOCUS and direct
> the disbursement of any funds. The proposed initial members of the body,
> are myself (Mike Droettboom), Eric Firing, Phil Elson, and Thomas Caswell,
> with Thomas acting as the point of contact with NumFOCUS. In practice,
> signing an FSA will have very little impact on the matplotlib project
> itself - it will still be BSD-licensed and community-driven as it has
> always been, and the only motivation for doing this is to give us an
> opportunity to apply for funding to do more work on matplotlib. We'd like
> to canvas the community's opinion on the matter, but to put a concrete
> timeline on the discussion, we would like to propose signing an FSA with
> NumFOCUS in 3 weeks (Feb 10th 2015) unless there is a major community
> discomfort with us doing so. Cheers, Michael Droettboom *
>
> --
> Michael Droettboom
> Science Software Branch
> Space Telescope Science Institute
> http://www.droettboom.com
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> New Year. New Location. New Benefits. New Data Center in Ashburn, VA.
> GigeNET is offering a free month of service with a new server in Ashburn.
> Choose from 2 high performing configs, both with 100TB of bandwidth.
> Higher redundancy.Lower latency.Increased capacity.Completely compliant.
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/gigenet
> _______________________________________________
> Matplotlib-devel mailing list
> Mat...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
>
>
-- 
Christopher Barker, Ph.D.
Oceanographer
Emergency Response Division
NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice
7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax
Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception
Chr...@no...

+1
Best,
-Michiel
--------------------------------------------
On Wed, 1/21/15, Michael Droettboom <md...@st...> wrote:
 Subject: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib and Numfocus Fiscal Sponsorship	Agreement (FSA)
 To: "mat...@li..." <mat...@li...>, "matplotlib-users" <mat...@li...>
 Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 12:48 AM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Matplotlib
 is a widely used, well regarded, and powerful
 visualization
 library that has dominated the Python
 visualization stack for
 over a decade. However, to maintain that position,
 matplotlib
 must continue to evolve. Complementary or
 alternative
 libraries are appearing at an increasing rate,
 including
 browser-based plotting and GPU acceleration. To
 maintain its
 leadership position for the next decade,
 Matplotlib must
 interface with these alternatives while
 simultaneously
 expanding its capabilities and becoming easier to
 use and
 learn.
 
 
 Matplotlib’s
 large existing user base (greater than 50,000)
 means that new
 developments need to be carefully balanced with
 maintaining
 existing interfaces. With the large user and
 code base comes
 a significant maintenance and user-support burden.
 These
 responsibilities currently account for a majority
 of the
 core-developer time spent on matplotlib and has
 resulted in
 both the code base and community being in a
 healthier state
 than ever before. Even 6 years ago there was no
 automated
 testing to speak of and the number of contributors
 continues
 to soar on github. However, this effort is, for
 the most part,
 done on a volunteer basis in the nights and
 weekends of the
 core developers. To go beyond this maintenance
 level—to make
 step-change improvements for the benefit of
 matplotlib’s
 users—will require funding for full-time
 developers. Inspired
 and encouraged by the example of IPython, we would
 like to
 begin the process of fundraising.
 
 
 Managing
 funding on the needed scale is a complex and
 time-consuming
 process. Thankfully, NumFOCUS, a 501(c)3 charity
 organisation
 co-founded by John Hunter, offers a fiscal
 sponsorship
 agreement to minimize the administrative and legal
 burden on
 open source projects. We would like to enlist
 NumFOCUS as our
 agents in all legal and financial matters,
 including banking,
 accepting donations as a non-profit, payroll, and
 access to
 legal counsel. As part of the agreement,
 NumFOCUS would
 charge a percentage of all funds raised to cover
 their costs.
 The full text of the agreement is
 attached.
 
 
 To
 comply with the legal and accounting requirements
 of a
 non-profit, matplotlib needs to form an
 administrative body to
 interact with NumFOCUS and direct the disbursement
 of any
 funds. The proposed initial members of the body,
 are myself
 (Mike Droettboom), Eric Firing, Phil Elson, and
 Thomas
 Caswell, with Thomas acting as the point of
 contact with
 NumFOCUS.
 
 
 In
 practice, signing an FSA will have very little
 impact on the
 matplotlib project itself - it will still be
 BSD-licensed and
 community-driven as it has always been, and the
 only
 motivation for doing this is to give us an
 opportunity to
 apply for funding to do more work on matplotlib.
 We'd like to
 canvas the community's opinion on the matter,
 but to put a
 concrete timeline on the discussion, we would like
 to propose
 signing an FSA with NumFOCUS in 3 weeks (Feb 10th
 2015) unless
 there is a major community discomfort with us
 doing so. 
 
 
 
 
 Cheers,
 
 Michael Droettboom
 
 
 
 
 
 -- 
 Michael Droettboom
 Science Software Branch
 Space Telescope Science Institute
 
 http://www.droettboom.com
 
 
 
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 GigeNET is offering a free month of service with a new
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 bandwidth.
 Higher redundancy.Lower latency.Increased
 capacity.Completely compliant.
 http://p.sf.net/sfu/gigenet
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Thanks Benjamin!!
In fact, this folder was inside .cache/matplotlib
I have removed the entire content, and know matplotlib seems to recognize
Arial font.
Cheers,
Arnaldo