From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 29 03:59:56 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5F2254A5 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2014 03:59:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pa0-x235.google.com (mail-pa0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c03::235]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 368D8B12 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2014 03:59:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f53.google.com with SMTP id ld10so6557303pab.40 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:59:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=Vg9vgnh3RNfTYtwkA1hadZmT3S9qprzEecYD0BZ6TVY=; b=VSCd4Msg/6UabTTxRbSxPFmmMnZGu2uTVWSRpWvPtQzvpvBOun4ogs5gW0TJGWCBtP /zaJYIOSZSNZvK+fC1AJv8G3epd4Yi58+PWfiLDmjdfz7dnRHbdavD/HZJud1FCSI2uT KHVHeqiprR6Tngd3zLnJwh0fy1roq9weWRJ17XWo/QTz/TSLwiX7WfjrFYCk0Mm+JgG9 DnTah9wlSYtBvbxP+35l8q3U1LfzIEcxod0+zmPhlNhIVYlfdUzSntyThPF4KNg3om2Z SRJrSgTAP1eCostL4BtFJ2lxgePaWNTA+cuDQE7QqrVLfvSfIUj3cnkDGkseizD54sVS 8Z/w== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.66.166.47 with SMTP id zd15mr29854922pab.0.1398743995804; Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:59:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.55.169 with HTTP; Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:59:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:59:55 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: CD/DVD vs Donation to FBSD Foundation From: Adam Vande More To: JJ Jumpercables Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 03:59:56 -0000 On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 10:36 PM, JJ Jumpercables wrote: > I guess this is a stupid question, but I was just curious for peoples > opinions really... > > As a FreeBSD user (without much disposable income) who'd like to > contribute a little to the project, do you go for the CD set and > stickers from FreeBSD Mall or do you donate the equivalent amount to > the Foundation directly? > > I guess I'm leaning towards the cd/stickers, if only to get a little > "FreeBSD Swag" since I'm never in a position to travel to BSDCan (much > less outside the U.S. to AsiaBSDCon, etc). > > What do others do? > Assuming you want FreeSBD to be known and are that you are involved in an active community, stickers are a great way. Otherwise a direct contribution is probably best. Swag is good for some either way. I don't think anyone will judge your choice. We are all happy to have another on-board. -- Adam