From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 4 16:30:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA04493 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 16:30:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sag.space.lockheed.com (sag.space.lockheed.com [192.68.162.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA04483 for ; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 16:30:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from handy@sag.space.lockheed.com) Received: from localhost by sag.space.lockheed.com; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/21Nov95-0423PM) id AA11217; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 16:30:05 -0800 Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 16:30:05 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Handy To: John Kelly Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Donations. In-Reply-To: <3503ee97.43278373@mail.cetlink.net> Message-Id: X-Files: The truth is out there Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>But this childish crap about "I'm only donating if you do XXX with >>my money" is dumb. > >No, that's an ultimatum and I never proposed that. I proposed that I >have a vote. I think your proposal was a bit stronger than that. >My vote would be collected with all the other votes and >the collective vote would determine the funded projects. If my >project does survive the vote, I accept that as part of the voting >process, without asking for my money back. This isn't what I remember hearing at all. It's starting to sound vaguely like the vote-tokens of yesteryear, which drowned in nearly the same level of fury. >My point is that work funded from a large budget should be determined >by the donors, not Jordan or other members of the core team. That's >the purpose of a vote. If Jordan and other members of the core team >don't like that model, I expect to see other movements which do. Jordan doesn't like the model. From what I can tell, nobody in -core likes the model. Nate doesn't like it, neither do I. Mike Smith proposed a much better model; mail him your check and he'll give you as much time as he can. Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message