Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 15:12:33 +0000 From: nik@iii.co.uk To: John Kelly <jak@cetlink.net> Cc: marc@bowtie.nl, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Donations. Message-ID: <19980304151233.15804@iii.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <35036342.7599203@mail.cetlink.net>; from John Kelly on Wed, Mar 04, 1998 at 02:23:33PM %2B0000 References: <199803041414.PAA11493@bowtie.nl> <35036342.7599203@mail.cetlink.net>
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On Wed, Mar 04, 1998 at 02:23:33PM +0000, John Kelly wrote: > >I would agree with this, people will be much more inclined to > >donate if they get a say what's to happen with this money. > > >1. Donate money and you trust the core group to do the sensible thing. > >2. Donate money and vote for what happens with it. > > In the real world it's always number 2. And if the elected officials > don't respect the voters wishes, replace them with ones who do. What elected officials? I don't recall ever electing anyone to the core team. Nor, to be frank, would I want to. Core team members (and other contributors) are self selecting, because they're willing to put the work in, not because they present the best image to the 'voters'. N -- Work: nik@iii.co.uk | FreeBSD + Perl + Apache Rest: nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk | Remind me again why we need Play: nik@freebsd.org | Microsoft? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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