120 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-currentRe: Donations.| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Jordan K. Hubbard | Mar 3, 1998 3:26 pm | |
| Amancio Hasty | Mar 3, 1998 3:53 pm | |
| Nate Williams | Mar 3, 1998 4:03 pm | |
| Shawn Leas | Mar 3, 1998 4:08 pm | |
| Brian Handy | Mar 3, 1998 4:32 pm | |
| Jordan K. Hubbard | Mar 3, 1998 5:23 pm | |
| Matthew Thyer | Mar 3, 1998 5:24 pm | |
| Nate Williams | Mar 3, 1998 5:39 pm | |
| John Kelly | Mar 3, 1998 6:56 pm | |
| John Kelly | Mar 3, 1998 7:04 pm | |
| Chuck Robey | Mar 3, 1998 7:07 pm | |
| Nate Williams | Mar 3, 1998 7:09 pm | |
| Amancio Hasty | Mar 3, 1998 8:01 pm | |
| John Kelly | Mar 3, 1998 8:12 pm | |
| Amancio Hasty | Mar 3, 1998 8:16 pm | |
| Chuck Robey | Mar 3, 1998 8:23 pm | |
| John Kelly | Mar 3, 1998 8:55 pm | |
| Steve Logue | Mar 3, 1998 10:17 pm | |
| John S. Dyson | Mar 3, 1998 11:29 pm | |
| Jordan K. Hubbard | Mar 3, 1998 11:40 pm | |
| Jordan K. Hubbard | Mar 3, 1998 11:42 pm | |
| Jordan K. Hubbard | Mar 4, 1998 12:01 am | |
| Thomas Zenker | Mar 4, 1998 1:13 am | |
| John Kelly | Mar 4, 1998 4:33 am | |
| ni...@iii.co.uk | Mar 4, 1998 4:41 am | |
| John Kelly | Mar 4, 1998 4:50 am | |
| ni...@iii.co.uk | Mar 4, 1998 4:52 am | |
| John Kelly | Mar 4, 1998 5:05 am | |
| ni...@iii.co.uk | Mar 4, 1998 5:11 am | |
| Jordan K. Hubbard | Mar 4, 1998 5:45 am | |
| Poul-Henning Kamp | Mar 4, 1998 6:03 am | |
| Poul-Henning Kamp | Mar 4, 1998 6:05 am | |
| John Kelly | Mar 4, 1998 6:07 am | |
| Marc van Kempen | Mar 4, 1998 6:14 am | |
| John Kelly | Mar 4, 1998 6:23 am | |
| Karl Denninger | Mar 4, 1998 6:37 am | |
| ni...@iii.co.uk | Mar 4, 1998 7:12 am | |
| Paul D. Robertson | Mar 4, 1998 7:21 am | |
| Poul-Henning Kamp | Mar 4, 1998 7:26 am | |
| Poul-Henning Kamp | Mar 4, 1998 7:50 am | |
| Chuck Robey | Mar 4, 1998 8:06 am | |
| Amancio Hasty | Mar 4, 1998 8:54 am | |
| Kevin Day | Mar 4, 1998 9:08 am | |
| Kyle Mestery | Mar 4, 1998 9:24 am | |
| Amancio Hasty | Mar 4, 1998 10:02 am | |
| Nate Williams | Mar 4, 1998 10:15 am | |
| Jonathan M. Bresler | Mar 4, 1998 10:18 am | |
| Nate Williams | Mar 4, 1998 10:23 am | |
| Poul-Henning Kamp | Mar 4, 1998 10:33 am | |
| Torsten Blum | Mar 4, 1998 10:54 am | |
| Poul-Henning Kamp | Mar 4, 1998 11:12 am | |
| Snob Art Genre | Mar 4, 1998 11:23 am | |
| Brian Beattie | Mar 4, 1998 12:44 pm | |
| Poul-Henning Kamp | Mar 4, 1998 12:52 pm | |
| Leo Papandreou | Mar 4, 1998 12:59 pm | |
| Kevin Day | Mar 4, 1998 1:11 pm | |
| John S. Dyson | Mar 4, 1998 1:11 pm | |
| John S. Dyson | Mar 4, 1998 1:15 pm | |
| Jordan K. Hubbard | Mar 4, 1998 3:30 pm | |
| Jordan K. Hubbard | Mar 4, 1998 3:40 pm | |
| John Kelly | Mar 4, 1998 3:41 pm | |
| Nate Williams | Mar 4, 1998 3:46 pm | |
| John Kelly | Mar 4, 1998 3:46 pm | |
| John Kelly | Mar 4, 1998 3:50 pm | |
| Mike Smith | Mar 4, 1998 3:51 pm | |
| John Kelly | Mar 4, 1998 3:56 pm | |
| Brian Handy | Mar 4, 1998 4:02 pm | |
| John Kelly | Mar 4, 1998 4:02 pm | |
| Nate Williams | Mar 4, 1998 4:02 pm | |
| Nate Williams | Mar 4, 1998 4:07 pm | |
| Mike Smith | Mar 4, 1998 4:11 pm | |
| John Kelly | Mar 4, 1998 4:13 pm | |
| John Kelly | Mar 4, 1998 4:24 pm | |
| 47 later messages | ||
| Subject: | Re: Donations. | |
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| From: | Thomas Zenker (th...@lennartz-electronic.de) | |
| Date: | Mar 4, 1998 1:13:48 am | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-current | |
On Wed, Mar 04, 1998 at 03:05:02AM +0000, John Kelly wrote:
On Tue, 3 Mar 1998 17:03:43 -0700, Nate Williams <na...@mt.sri.com> wrote:
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!
Never sell your ass! If you are willing to accept the donors' bidding, it is no longer a donation but biz and FBSD is in danger to loose its' independence. This would create the possibility for corporates to step in and we all would loose wether source code stays free or not.
What about someone like M$ Bill influence the directions for FBSD? NEVER!
Thomas Zenker
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