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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 17:07:17 -0000 On Wed, 2020-02-26 at 08:45 -0800, bob prohaska wrote: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 08:33:24AM -0700, Ian Lepore wrote: > > > > If you want to run freebsd on arm hardware, try using hardware that > > people are actually working to support. If you must use crappy rpi > > hardware, either run linux on it, or consider paying someone to do > > the > > freebsd support you need. > > How much money is involved? Personally I can't afford to hire > somebody, > but earmarked contributiions to the FreeBSD Foundation are feasible. > > What would be required to attract useful attention? > > Thanks for writing! > > bob prohaska I don't think earmarked contributions are allowed, at least not something earmarked to a specific task or piece of work (as opposed to something generic like "use these funds for advocacy"). If they were allowed, a company could effectively use an earmarked contribution as a way of hiring a contractor to write code, while writing off the money paid to her as a charitable contribution to the foundation. -- Ian