Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 18:39:37 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Donations. Message-ID: <199803040139.SAA05086@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <13664.888974649@time.cdrom.com> References: <199803040003.RAA03710@mt.sri.com> <13664.888974649@time.cdrom.com>
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> > My gut-level reaction to the donation is that you give the donater the > > ability to give the developers a 'hint' at what they'd like, with the > > How is this any different than people being able to give us hints > (via the mailing lists) now? Or are you asking for a comment field > specifically on the donation card, or something? Sort of. If people feel like they have at least a 'say' in how they're money is spent (w/out the obligation), we may get more 'return on investment' if we use that money for those tasks (however thankless they are) the 'masses' have asked for. It more formalized than asking for hints on mailing lists, and has a bit more weight in that the user requesting something has shown greater than normal interest in FreeBSD, therefore it is more likely that a developer would end up with more kudos/hardware/$$/whatever by respecting his wishes. However, the developers are not required to follow the wishes of the users. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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