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I doubt he'd be willing to keep it up for more then a year but that still is a lot of help. Personally i think the way OpenBSD asked for help was kind of wrong

by Fuxy 13y ago

I doubt he'd be willing to keep it up for more then a year but that still is a lot of help. Personally i think the way OpenBSD asked for help was kind of wrong. They just completely ignored the little each community member can pitch in and went for the big companies. That's how it seems at least from their announcement.

mrich 13y ago
They want to find a longer-lasting arrangement with a company which would have two advantages: 1) Not necessary to beg the community each year, saves a lot of time for the real work on the project 2) The company could easily deduce the donation from their taxes, making this donation very cheap for them
cbhl 13y ago
Frankly, relying on each little community member results in the kinds of banners and full-page modals you see on the English-language Wikipedia every year. I'm not entirely convinced that's a better alternative.
- tommorris 13y ago
  You press 'X' on Wikipedia fundraising banners and they go away for the duration of the fundraising period. Problem solved.
clarry 13y ago
I think it's nicer both for the project as well as the (user) community if they don't have to run a fundraiser every year, with the "we're going to shut down if we can't make this amount" threats. A corp could provide stable funding. However, if you read the thread, you'll know that they appreciate every little contribution from all individuals. Because when a corp hasn't stepped up, that's all they've got. Besides, this particular call for help was for funding electricity only. The project still has other expenses, mainly hackathons and some hardware I guess (which people donate every once in a while, thankfully). All individual users' contributions help the project run hackathons. And those who follow the commits & undeadly reports know just how important these hackathons are for the project.

by Fuxy 13y ago

mrich 13y ago

They want to find a longer-lasting arrangement with a company which would have two advantages: 1) Not necessary to beg the community each year, saves a lot of time for the real work on the project 2) The company could easily deduce the donation from their taxes, making this donation very cheap for them

cbhl 13y ago

Frankly, relying on each little community member results in the kinds of banners and full-page modals you see on the English-language Wikipedia every year. I'm not entirely convinced that's a better alternative.

tommorris 13y ago
You press 'X' on Wikipedia fundraising banners and they go away for the duration of the fundraising period. Problem solved.

clarry 13y ago

I think it's nicer both for the project as well as the (user) community if they don't have to run a fundraiser every year, with the "we're going to shut down if we can't make this amount" threats. A corp could provide stable funding. However, if you read the thread, you'll know that they appreciate every little contribution from all individuals. Because when a corp hasn't stepped up, that's all they've got. Besides, this particular call for help was for funding electricity only. The project still has other expenses, mainly hackathons and some hardware I guess (which people donate every once in a while, thankfully). All individual users' contributions help the project run hackathons. And those who follow the commits & undeadly reports know just how important these hackathons are for the project.