From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 4 07:13:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA17644 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 07:13:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tyree.iii.co.uk ([195.89.149.230]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA17609 for ; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 07:13:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nik@iii.co.uk) From: nik@iii.co.uk Received: from carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (carrig.strand.iii.co.uk [192.168.7.25]) by tyree.iii.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA20768; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 15:07:24 GMT Received: (from nik@localhost) by carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA13239; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 15:12:34 GMT Message-ID: <19980304151233.15804@iii.co.uk> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 15:12:33 +0000 To: John Kelly Cc: marc@bowtie.nl, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Donations. References: <199803041414.PAA11493@bowtie.nl> <35036342.7599203@mail.cetlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e In-Reply-To: <35036342.7599203@mail.cetlink.net>; from John Kelly on Wed, Mar 04, 1998 at 02:23:33PM +0000 Organization: interactive investor Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Mar 04, 1998 at 02:23:33PM +0000, John Kelly wrote: > >I would agree with this, people will be much more inclined to > >donate if they get a say what's to happen with this money. > > >1. Donate money and you trust the core group to do the sensible thing. > >2. Donate money and vote for what happens with it. > > In the real world it's always number 2. And if the elected officials > don't respect the voters wishes, replace them with ones who do. What elected officials? I don't recall ever electing anyone to the core team. Nor, to be frank, would I want to. Core team members (and other contributors) are self selecting, because they're willing to put the work in, not because they present the best image to the 'voters'. N -- Work: nik@iii.co.uk | FreeBSD + Perl + Apache Rest: nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk | Remind me again why we need Play: nik@freebsd.org | Microsoft? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message