For a few years, Van has steered our IP insurance policies as an open supply challenge. He labored to ensure our trademark, license and contributor settlement insurance policies stored tempo with the evolving open supply panorama. He has suggested numerous members of the PSF neighborhood on methods to work with our licenses and methods to correctly take into consideration emblems, patents, cryptocurrency and rather more.
Van served first as an elected board member after which later as an appointed board member. Much less formally, Van has been an enthusiastic presence at many, many PyCons and a steadying presence for our volunteer Logos working group. He has spoken at many open supply occasions sharing his expertise as a Pythonista and the experience gained on the different open supply communities he’s a participant in.
The PSF’s Board Chair Thomas Wouters stated, “It is laborious to think about the place the PSF could be right this moment if it hadn’t been for Van’s expertise, perception and strategic imaginative and prescient. He has been basic to the professionalisation of the Basis and its Board of Administrators, and a driving pressure behind the PSF’s sustainability efforts, insurance policies and naturally authorized path. He’s each a shining instance of volunteer effort and a terrific mentor to many Board and employees members. I am very grateful for the numerous years of service and dedication he gave to the PSF, and we’re all the higher for it.”
We want Van all the very best in his future non-PSF open supply work on OSPOCO and as a well-respected voice within the many open supply authorized conversations he participates in. Thanks once more!
