Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 15:44:56 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: John Kelly <jak@cetlink.net>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Donations. Message-ID: <19980304154456.55786@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <35025f98.6661194@mail.cetlink.net>; from John Kelly on Wed, Mar 04, 1998 at 02:07:29PM %2B0000 References: <1444.889019123@time.cdrom.com> <35025f98.6661194@mail.cetlink.net>
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[Moved to -chat, where it rightly belong] On Wed, Mar 04, 1998 at 02:07:29PM +0000, John Kelly wrote: > On Wed, 04 Mar 1998 05:45:23 -0800, "Jordan K. Hubbard" > <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: > > >> With a pool of $500,000 to spend, neither Jordan nor core should be > >> deciding what gets funded. Funding decisions should be controlled by > >> the donors themselves, collectively. And voting is the only way to do > >> that. > > > >This is a complete waste of time. I've already told you - if you have > >a problem with the way funding is allocated then simply don't donate > >funds, it's very simple. Can we get back to work now? > > Keeping my money is one of the easiest things I can do. > > If you can't see the value of meaningful donor incentives, someone > else will. The FreeBSD Project doesn't need more administrative problems. Letting donors control the project is a definite administrative headache - FreeBSD want to go technically forward, and most people associated with the project trust core to generally do good decisions. I have no problem with trusting them with a donation of $100 (or $100,000 - had I had them) - and if people have that problem, then donate to a specific part of the project _by doing the work_, or by directly funding somebody to do the work (possibly by getting several people/organizations to chip in on it). Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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