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Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral
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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

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