Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 09:41:29 +0100 From: Michael Schuster <Michael.Schuster@utimaco.co.at> To: "current@FreeBSD.ORG" <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Fund Message-ID: <34FD13B9.DC443527@utimaco.co.at>
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Jordan said: > > What about a special net subscription, which gives you a login id and > > password for a FTP/WWW server that gives you guarrenteed access? I hate > > it when I need to get something (last time was a copy of committlogs to > > see what had changes in libc_r), and ftp.freebsd.org is full. > I really don't want to > get into anything which creates a set of "haves and have-nots", even > if the haves have spent money for it, since things start to get a > little dubious at that point. I strongly second this. If you donate (Thank you!), then it should be quite clear that it is exactly that: a DONATION. FreeBSD Inc. decides what to do with the money. Maybe there's a web-page somewhere giving a rough account of what the money was spent on. If you like what they do with the money, and you like the direction FreeBSD takes, you can donate again. If not, then you just leave it. Suggestions (NOT demands!) will always be welcome (but that's what its like anyway). therefore: > It wouldn't be the "haves" and "have-nots", just the "right now", "maybe > now" group. Everyone can get the same stuff. No. > 1) The members only user group > 2) The ftp/www login for access when ftp.freebsd.org is full No. FreeBSD must remain truly free (in the sense it is now): nobody has more read-access than anybody else; there's no mailing list(s) just for donators or such nonsense. Whoever wants to participate can do so. If you contribute source or whatever, it will be judged by its value, and not by your name (even if that may piss off people). Imagine this scenrio: I donate $xxx, so I "expect" that FreeBSD implements my favourite whatnot. As it happens, implementing even whatnot-beta-01 turns out to be much harder than I expected. Nevertheless, since I "paid", I will start demanding delivery. This is of course only a ridiculous thought-experiment, but you'll get my meaning. If somebody really wants something done and is prepared to pay for it, why, they can hire someone themselves and have it done. OK, so I've got this off my chest. thinking about all this, maybe I'll donate as well ... -- Michael Schuster To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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