From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 28 02:01:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 692C2106566B for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 02:01:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr [150.140.141.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0EBD8FC13 for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 02:00:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr (unknown [10.1.0.143]) by poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCB96EB538D; Thu, 28 May 2009 05:00:57 +0300 (EEST) Received: from localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C63D5450C6; Thu, 28 May 2009 05:00:57 +0300 (EEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ceid.upatras.gr Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id BZv3XPS3p1sq; Thu, 28 May 2009 05:00:57 +0300 (EEST) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl226-168.kln.forthnet.gr [79.103.39.168]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 915844509B; Thu, 28 May 2009 05:00:57 +0300 (EEST) Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n4S20vQI016662; Thu, 28 May 2009 05:00:57 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n4S20uJk016661; Thu, 28 May 2009 05:00:56 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Kevin@RawFedDogs.net References: <6C96EEF057EDE24197FECB0D1EA035044A8F6EB461@h1341255.aoemedia.de> <03063762@serv3.int.kfs.ru> <20090527172924.GA10301@RawFedDogs.net> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 05:00:49 +0300 In-Reply-To: <20090527172924.GA10301@RawFedDogs.net> (Kevin Monceaux's message of "Wed, 27 May 2009 12:29:24 -0500") Message-ID: <878wki7zqm.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.94 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sponsoring FreeBSD 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: Thu, 28 May 2009 02:01:00 -0000 --=-=-= On Wed, 27 May 2009 12:29:24 -0500, Kevin Monceaux wrote: > What I can gather from this thread is that he, as a developer, might > possibly have the right to speak on behalf of FreeBSD in regards to a > sponsorship offer. On the other hand, you, who are neither a > developer nor a core team member, do not. Not only that, the > information is his reply is both polite and accurate where yours is > not. From Boris's e-mail: FreeBSD developers know enough to avoid speaking 'on behalf' of anyone, unless they are explicitly asked to do so and it makes sense. We usually just point the users gently towards an appropriate resource: a webpage, a mailing list, or a team of more knowledgeable folks, etc. Boris did the right thing IMO by pointing at the donations pages. Two of the important details here are: a) We generally accept all donations, regardless of how small they are. Even donations of a single RAM chip for nearly obsolete platforms are welcome and we try to find someone who will make good use of it. b) The donations team acts as a gateway for incoming stuff, and they have enough experience to discern genuine offers for a donation from spammy "please link to my personal web site and I will make you rich" scamming schemes. Both of these make the donations team a fairly good place to direct those who look like potential donors. So I'll add my support to Boris' note about notifying the donations team and letting them speak with the OP to see if their offer makes sense and/or is useful. HTH, Giorgos --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkod8FcACgkQ1g+UGjGGA7a6egCeOSMJYQfhS9mR5fXIAeuCLueR XC8AnA9q+4aJEf8omp6iRv9j3aroSKfK =DAlv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--