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Date:      Wed, 26 Feb 2020 14:33:32 -0800
From:      bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
Cc:        Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Showstoppers for RPI3
Message-ID:  <20200226223332.GB82440@www.zefox.net>
In-Reply-To: <202002262129.01QLTvs3004565@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
References:  <e7ca78ce3e244746da86b41b608d0fa194521dd7.camel@freebsd.org> <202002262129.01QLTvs3004565@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>

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On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 01:29:57PM -0800, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> 
> The US laws are such that the way you do this is you create
> a project page "aarch64 on RPI*'s", and put a donate here
> button to help fund THIS project.
> 
> Totally legal.  It is also legal for a non-profit to go to a company
> and say "we are looking for funds to do A, would you be interested
> in making a contribution to help us to A?"
> 
> Whats NOT legal is a company going to a 501(c)3 and saying:  "I'll give you $X
> if you go do Y".
> 
> Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes@freebsd.org

I bungled my question quite spectacularly. 

The intent was to get an estimate of how much it would cost to bring an ARM
platform to tier-1 status. The mechanics of how the money gets transmitted
(and to whom) don't matter until at least a rough figure is in hand. That
number, divided among interested donors, would let one calculate if it makes
sense to participate.

As I write this the FreeBSD Foundation donation page at
https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/
includes a comment entry box, which seems to invite suggestions.

Thanks for reading,

bob prohaska

 


 



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