Re: [gentoo-dev] OT Who runs Gentoo was -> RFC: Userkit.eclass

[William L. Thomson Jr.]

OT SNR Sorry but not sorry :) 

On Saturday, December 3, 2016 11:01:56 PM EST Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 03, 2016 at 04:49:19PM -0500, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:
> > No matter what terms you use, Google uses Gentoo to build products it
> > makes
> > money off. In that sense I think it could give back allot. If not in
> > donations, resources (tinderbox), etc.
>
> Here's the financial parts of what Google has given us, that I can
> quantify. It DOESN'T include anything of the 20% time that might have
> been used in Gentoo's favour [some past Google-employed developers have
> specifically said they were spending Friday afternoons doing Gentoo
> dev], or paid Gentoo stuff that overlapped their actual job needs
> (ChromeOS-related).

Not sure how to measure time spent on job hours in contribution dollars.

> ----------------
> Net Total: $50,924.19
> ----------------

So from 09-16 avg of ~$4.6k per year over 11 years. With that really being 
earned by people doing GSoC. Not the same as if Google donated a lump sum of 
money to further development per say the Councils plans. Only 1 hardware 
donation.

I believe past sponsors such as GNi incurred costs in the ~$5k range monthly. 
I would assume some hosting sponsors to be averaging a few thousand at minimum 
per year.

Just as an example. FreeBSD is seeking $1.25 Million in a fundraiser with 
$882k thus far.
https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/

They seem to average in the hundreds of thousands every year in contributions
https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/about/financials/

Always looked at FreeBSD when I was a Gentoo Trustee. Great foundation! Passed 
the 5 year probation period with IRS, and other stuff.

-- 
William L. Thomson Jr.