Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 00:54:53 -0400 From: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Richard Hodges <rh@matriplex.com>, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral Message-ID: <3B47E79D.73B78DC3@bellatlantic.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10107071542110.13080-100000@mail.matriplex.com> <3B47DA2F.D417E048@softweyr.com>
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Wes Peters wrote: > > Richard Hodges wrote: > > > > Sure, no argument there. Taking Wes' suggestion, maybe there is an > > opportunity in the "official" distribution distinction. How about a > > "certificate of authenticity" which costs the vendors $1 or $2 (or > > whatever), and shows the customer that their choice of vendors helped > > FreeBSD financially. Incidentally, this certificate might also be a > > selling point for those twisted individuals that just don't understand > > free software :-) > > Now that's an idea, but it raises problems with shipping the "certificates" > across national borders, causing import duties, etc. Maybe if we made > the certificates in PostScript or even fig files. ;^) Again, what's wrong with the non-monetary things ? Such as doing (or funding locally) some development that gets contributed to the project. Or you want it in a bureaucratic form ;-) "N engineers for the T period of time working on the issue X". -SB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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