Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 11:16:18 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) Cc: Steve Logue <slogue@acm.org>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Donations. Message-ID: <199803041816.LAA09958@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <34fd483f.682772@mail.cetlink.net> References: <12740.888967601@time.cdrom.com> <34fec28f.98429829@mail.cetlink.net> <34FCF201.B9B5DB16@acm.org> <34fd483f.682772@mail.cetlink.net>
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> >> I'll donate $250 or more, but only for a vote on what work gets > >> funded. ... > > Some have reacted with horror to this idea but it seems pragmatic to > me. That's because you aren't the one doing the work. You can't force me to do the work, and as was stated, $250 is peanuts. Heck, I did $250 worth of work last night for free working on porting an ethernet driver from PAO to FreeBSD at my consulting wages (for free even). > Obviously, the more you donate the more you can influence the vote, > but that's as it should be. It's not a political democracy. It's not a democracy at all. That's why I think a 'hint' is a better way to go. You get the warm fuzzy feeling that you are making a choice, but you aren't *expecting* your vote to come true. More like a wish than a vote. :) Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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