Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:03:00 -0600 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: "Kris Kennaway" <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: is THIS why the 6.2 release seems stalled ? Message-ID: <ef10de9a0701100003l19f2c705mf27dc0243417a07b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070110072838.GA32694@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <45A2805E.7060000@ccstores.com> <20070109222558.GA75695@xor.obsecurity.org> <ef10de9a0701091508k7f1775f7h4c2cdc8c7498e7fc@mail.gmail.com> <20070110003730.GA94711@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <ef10de9a0701092201x22bc17f2p4434eab0dda58c63@mail.gmail.com> <20070110073106.89d726a8.coolzone@io.dk> <ef10de9a0701092312o20340e2aw9211ff77c2112dd6@mail.gmail.com> <20070110072838.GA32694@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On 1/10/07, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 01:12:46AM -0600, Nikolas Britton wrote: > > On 1/10/07, Rico Secada <coolzone@io.dk> wrote: > > >On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:01:51 -0600 > > >"Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> > FreeBSD is created and supported by volunteers. > > >> > Seems like you just posted a nice list of things > > >> > for you to get busy and contribute. > > >> > > > >> > > >> I don't have time to contribute work, I have a business to manage as > > >> well as other obligations that come first... I need this stuff to just > > >> work... so I can get real things done. > > > > > >So you need people to work freely, without any pay, to make things work > > >for you, so you can complain when something isn't working like you > > >want it to!? So you can get real things done!? > > > > > >If you have a business to manage, and just need this to work, made by > > >people who contribute for free, maybe its time you start to pay someone!? > > > > > > > Repost: > > I'm more then willing to pay real money to support the sub-projects > > that are of interest to me. I need to see some real progress being > > made in return though. Feel free to start working on any of the > > problems I listed. When you have something to show me I'll send some > > cash. Maybe core needs to make it easier to direct are funds to the > > sub-projects of are choice and still qualify it as a deductible > > expense. > > You know how unconvincing that sounds, right? What successful > projects have you paid the authors for after the fact, in the past? > Ok then. Start with a written plan with measurable goals and milestones. As far as passed sub-projects I've helped fund... not many as it's not tax deductible. And If I send money to the main project (this is tax deductible) I have no control over the distribution of my funds to the people or sub-projects I want to support. It's a no win situation. Solve it and you'll solve your funding problems. How does Linux handle these types of funding issues?
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