On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 07:30:48PM -0500, Colin Walters wrote: > It's also probably worth pointing out, as you seem to see yourself as > "the Dutch RMS", that the Free Software Foundation also accepts > donations from proprietary software companies: > > http://www.gnu.org/thankgnus/2002supporters.html
Yes, GNU lists the supporters on that web page if they don't say that they want to remain anonymous. This is well defined and happens under certain circumstances (eg if you donate a certain amount of money, you get listed as a Patron and get a luxury CD Rom and a T-Shirt or whatever). Debian also lists sponsors on the web page etc. I think this issue is not so much about that sponsors are credited at all, or where those sponsors come from and what they do otherwise, but about the conditions. If you define up-front what happens if somebody sponsors something, then there can be less confusion about it and it is more clear when something "inacceptable" happens. Anyway, this said, I am not sure how official the relationship between the Debian conference and Debian is anyway. I have not even looked at the lindows registration page to see what people are complaining about. But I thought that this difference is worth noting and might explain some of the heat here. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
