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Well said Roy! |
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On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 2012.09.28 18:44, wbrana wrote: |
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>> > Feel free to discuss revenue ideas on gentoo-nfp <at> |
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>> lists.gentoo.org |
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>> *.gentoo.org pages could contain ads from DoubleClick |
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>> http://www.google.com/doubleclick/, which is used by e.g. Phoronix, |
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>> to |
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>> get more money which can be used for e.g. bug bounties. |
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> wbrana, |
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> It isn't going to happen. One of the attractive features of the |
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> gentoo.org namespace is its complete lack of advertising, unless you |
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> call acknowledging major sponsors in the side bar advertising. |
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> The trustees of the Gentoo Foundation Inc., have balloted members in |
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> the past about accepting advertising from large users of Gentoo. The |
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> trustees obtained a mandate for this. |
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> Gentoo has existed since October 4 1999 with the present funding model |
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> and it seem to work for Gentoo. To have double click advertising the |
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> Trustees would need to go back to the members for a new mandate. |
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> I for one would vote no as I don't want to see the gentoo.org namespace |
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> defaced by intrusive advertising while Gentoo has nothing to gain. |
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> Regards, |
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> Roy Bamford |
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> (Neddyseagoon) a member of |
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> elections |
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> gentoo-ops |
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> forum-mods |
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> trustees |
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Ioannis Aslanidis |