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Date:      Wed, 04 Mar 1998 03:05:02 GMT
From:      jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly)
To:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Donations.
Message-ID:  <3500c33c.98603282@mail.cetlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <199803040003.RAA03710@mt.sri.com>
References:  <12740.888967601@time.cdrom.com> <199803040003.RAA03710@mt.sri.com>

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On Tue, 3 Mar 1998 17:03:43 -0700, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
wrote:

>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.

>Whaddya think?

For small contributions it might be a workable model, but you'll never
attract serious money if you're not willing to do the donors' bidding.


Who was it that said to ban corporate contributions, Jordan?  That's
silly.  As long as the source code remains free, everyone gets the
benefit, no matter how narrow the donor's request might seem.  After
all, it's THEIR MONEY and they don't have to part with it if they
don't want to.

All of you are thinking too small.  THINK BIG!

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