Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 17:03:43 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Donations. Message-ID: <199803040003.RAA03710@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <12740.888967601@time.cdrom.com> References: <12740.888967601@time.cdrom.com>
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> Just to recap our discussion so far and then we can (hopefully) get > back to the business of discussing -current: > > 1. I can accept the following credit cards: ... > 3. I will be looking into the possibility of a "super subscription" > which includes a donation. My gut-level reaction to the donation is that you give the donater the ability to give the developers a 'hint' at what they'd like, with the understanding that it's only a hint. The PBS station does this, and the way it works is that if you're happy with how your money is spent, you may donate again in the future. The money could be spent as seen fit by the administrator to attempt to support projects that are desired by the users. If it doesn't work, no-one has lost money and/or face, but the 'success' of the project is seen by the follow-ons and the software generated. No one loses, and everyone gains. There are no expectations that had to be met by the developers, and the developers feel no undue pressure to do something they don't want to. Whaddya think? Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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