From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 10 16:51:13 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E011016A403 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:51:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BC8813C459 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:51:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.22]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 10 Jan 2007 11:51:14 -0500 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.7.5a-GA) with ESMTP id MTL15632; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:51:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from 209-6-203-219.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([209.6.203.219]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 10 Jan 2007 11:51:07 -0500 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17829.6508.373404.263832@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:50:52 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: <45A2805E.7060000@ccstores.com> <20070109222558.GA75695@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070110003730.GA94711@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <45A48414.5080009@freebsd.org> <45a4a055.ENGhBM9hyCZ7EPyt%perryh@pluto.rain.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta27) "fiddleheads" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail: UCE(50) X-Junkmail-Status: score=50/50, host=mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net X-Junkmail-SD-Raw: score=bulk(0), refid=str=0001.0A09020A.45A517B1.00CF,ss=3,fgs=0, ip=207.172.4.11, so=2006-05-09 23:27:51, dmn=5.2.125/2006-10-10 Subject: Re: is THIS why the 6.2 release seems stalled ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:51:14 -0000 Nikolas Britton writes: > > For accounting/tax purposes, aren't salary and benefits just as > > deductible as "contributions"? Hire someone qualified as your > > own full- or part-time employee, and assign them to work on the > > projects that you want to support. As just one example, that's > > effectively Red Hat's entire operation AFAIK. > > Interesting... I'm not sure the owner would go for it > though. Maybe a 1099 contractor. Would anyone in the group at > large be interested in arrangements such as this? Consider looking up the developers who most recently worked on the projects of interest; if they're not available, perhaps they can recommend someone. > What kind of money (rate) would you expect if you got payed to > work on stuff your already working on in your spare time? Unless you have a fairy godparent, expect to pay standard commercial rates based on the task and the qualifications of the programer. Robert Huff