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On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 07:26:35AM -0400 or thereabouts, Seemant Kulleen wrote: |
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> > My fear is that the moment we start to help a dev in need, there will be devs |
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> > in need all over. What, then, becomes the criteria for selecting Dev A but |
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> > rejecting Dev B? If that becomes sketchy then the complaint could be made |
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> > (to the IRS) that the Gentoo Foundation is no longer operating in the public |
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> > interest. |
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> I was not referring to power bills and such. I was actually thinking of |
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> burnt harddrives, cpus, memory sticks etc. Such things can be purchased |
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> and sent (and thus moneys tracked). In other words, my statement was |
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> about things rather than cash. Having said that, it is entirely |
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> possible that it would be a slippery slope with a lot of devs suddenly |
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> in need, but I tend to think people are basically good and that that |
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> won't happen. |
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In general, I don't support the notion of buying things for individuals, |
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for many of the reasons Corey already articulated, but also because I don't |
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think that such targeted purchases are really the best way to disburse our |
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funds. |
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I want to see the Foundation sending developers to conferences where they |
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can answer user questions, get a better feel for what our community really |
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wants, etc. Broad-reaching type stuff. I agree that providing a stick of |
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RAM to a developer has tangible benefit to Gentoo, but I'd rather see that |
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handled via other means. (private donations, etc.) |
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That's my $.02, at least. |
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--kurt |
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