Re: Splitters
"That is the point -- SFLC created SFC to do different things (manage projects), and then the SFC wanted to add the same thing (legal services) which created confusion."
From the article:
"The SFLC was formed in 2005 to provide legal services for open-source projects. And in 2006, it helped set up the SFC, so it could provide infrastructure support – including legal services"
So no, it was explicitly set up to overlap from the start. Everyone seems to have been fine with that until the managers all fell out with each other.