From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 28 10:19:28 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACE3A1065690 for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 10:19:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr [150.140.141.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E67D8FC15 for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 10:19:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr (unknown [10.1.0.143]) by poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2FA9EB52C4; Thu, 28 May 2009 13:19:26 +0300 (EEST) Received: from localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8B4E450F2; Thu, 28 May 2009 13:19:26 +0300 (EEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ceid.upatras.gr Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ec8DNsXM9ltP; Thu, 28 May 2009 13:19:26 +0300 (EEST) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl157-242.kln.forthnet.gr [62.1.60.242]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77F51450C6; Thu, 28 May 2009 13:19:26 +0300 (EEST) Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n4SAJPki035526; Thu, 28 May 2009 13:19:25 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n4SAJNCQ035525; Thu, 28 May 2009 13:19:24 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Wojciech Puchar References: <6C96EEF057EDE24197FECB0D1EA035044A8F6EB461@h1341255.aoemedia.de> <03063762@serv3.int.kfs.ru> <20090527172924.GA10301@RawFedDogs.net> <878wki7zqm.fsf@kobe.laptop> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 13:19:23 +0300 In-Reply-To: (Wojciech Puchar's message of "Thu, 28 May 2009 11:12:16 +0200 (CEST)") Message-ID: <874ov51qdw.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.94 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Kevin@RawFedDogs.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sponsoring FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 10:19:29 -0000 On Thu, 28 May 2009 11:12:16 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> FreeBSD developers know enough to avoid speaking 'on behalf' of >> anyone, unless they are explicitly asked to do so and it makes sense. >> We usually just point the users gently towards an appropriate >> resource: a webpage, a mailing list, or a team of more knowledgeable >> folks, etc. >> >> Boris did the right thing IMO by pointing at the donations pages. >> Two of > > Exactly. but it for sure wasn't what original "sponsoring offer > wanted". He wanted banner/logo advert on mine webpage. > >> a) We generally accept all donations, regardless of how small they are. > > Even donations of a single RAM chip for nearly obsolete platforms are >> welcome and we try to find someone who will make good use of it. > > But you don't put advert for this. As you said - there is separate > webpage for listing sponsors, and that's excellent. > >> b) The donations team acts as a gateway for incoming stuff, and they >> have enough experience to discern genuine offers for a donation >> from spammy "please link to my personal web site and I will make >> you rich" scamming schemes. > > So what's wrong with my answer for such spammy offer? Dunno, I saw too many messages in the thread to remember if there *was* anything wrong. I'm not saying that there was something wrong with what you wrote. I just liked what Boris (bsam) replied to the OP's message.