From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 15 12:44:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C778716A4CF for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:44:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.dkm.cz (smtp.dkm.cz [62.24.64.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BC04E43D45 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:44:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@chello.cz) Received: (qmail 55400 invoked by uid 0); 15 Mar 2004 20:44:31 -0000 Received: from r3al16.mistral.cz (HELO isis.wad.cz) (213.220.229.16) by smtp.dkm.cz with SMTP; 15 Mar 2004 20:44:31 -0000 Received: by isis.wad.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1396B2FDA01; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 21:45:21 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 21:45:21 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Peter Schultz Message-ID: <20040315204521.GB77608@isis.wad.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Peter Schultz , Colin Percival , Poul-Henning Kamp , freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <89577.1079373410@critter.freebsd.dk> <6.0.1.1.1.20040315182448.03c4feb0@imap.sfu.ca> <40560220.4010709@bis.midco.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40560220.4010709@bis.midco.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: Poul-Henning Kamp cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: Colin Percival Subject: Re: $$$$ [was: Re: To the Armchair Directors] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 20:44:33 -0000 # pmes@bis.midco.net / 2004-03-15 13:21:04 -0600: > Colin Percival wrote: > > Naturally, money is a good motivator for wishlist items. FreeBSD > >Update has cost me both time and money; being a DPhil student, I have > >little of one and less of the other. (Rant: Why, when people pay $60 > >per year to get access to RedHat's updates, will nobody give me any > >money for FreeBSD Update? Over 2500 happy users, and the only time > >anyone has sent me anything was when I begged for the money to buy a > >5.x buildbox.) > > I think it would be cool if the project as a whole were pushier about > getting people to pony up some dough. Has there ever been a push for > cash? I'm thinking something like a "Beneficiary of the Month" type > thing that urges people to contribute. I know I would prefer to give a > small amount every month than to giving a lump some to this or that > random committer. Perhaps this would be an inspiration: http://www.horde.org/bounties/ -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html