Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@g.o, gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] donations to what?
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 06:05:52
Message-Id: 20030626060612.GA5251@inventor.gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] donations to what? by Owen Gunden
1 On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 11:24:50PM -0400, Owen Gunden wrote:
2 > (cross posted to gentoo-user & gentoo-dev)
3 >
4 > Hi-
5 >
6 > Can anyone describe what the gentoo donations go toward? I would assume
7 > servers, bandwidth, etc., but I would feel more comfortable donating if it
8 > were clearly documented where the money goes.
9
10 Generally, the money goes towards hardware purchases for devs, shipping
11 costs, and show-related expenses, as well as a bunch of miscellaneous stuff.
12
13 The donations coming in have picked up in the last couple of months, so we
14 are starting to be able to do more. In particular, redesigning our
15 cafepress.com store and expanding our selection of products helped a bunch.
16
17 Best Regards,
18
19 --
20 Daniel Robbins
21 Chief Architect, Gentoo Linux
22 http://www.gentoo.org