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Date:      Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:07:12 -0700
From:      Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
To:        bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Showstoppers for RPI3
Message-ID:  <e7ca78ce3e244746da86b41b608d0fa194521dd7.camel@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20200226164559.GA82128@www.zefox.net>
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On Wed, 2020-02-26 at 08:45 -0800, bob prohaska wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 08:33:24AM -0700, Ian Lepore wrote:
> > 
> > If you want to run freebsd on arm hardware, try using hardware that
> > people are actually working to support.  If you must use crappy rpi
> > hardware, either run linux on it, or consider paying someone to do
> > the
> > freebsd support you need.  
> 
> How much money is involved? Personally I can't afford to hire
> somebody,
> but earmarked contributiions to the FreeBSD Foundation are feasible. 
> 
> What would be required to attract useful attention? 
> 
> Thanks for writing!
> 
> bob prohaska

I don't think earmarked contributions are allowed, at least not
something earmarked to a specific task or piece of work (as opposed to
something generic like "use these funds for advocacy").  If they were
allowed, a company could effectively use an earmarked contribution as a
way of hiring a contractor to write code, while writing off the money
paid to her as a charitable contribution to the foundation.

-- Ian




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