Hi, Regarding Freexian's contribution page at http://www.freexian.com/services/debian-lts.html
Is there any interest in a similar service, but from a US-based company, priced in dollars? I know that speaking with my company hat on, it would certainly be a lot easier to e.g. commit to a recurring contract at a fixed rate in dollars to a US company where I can pay by credit card or check. I also see that all of the existing listed sponsors are from Europe (yes, except Freeside). I would cover the misc overhead (website, invoicing, card/paypal fees etc.) unless they got too much for me to afford (i.e. tons more than we're looking to seek this cycle for sure). I would pass the full amount contributed on to folks working on LTS fixes (excluding myself), Freexian, or (as a fallback if we ever wound up with too much) to the Debian project itself. The idea would not be to compete with Freexian, but to offer an alternative path that made it easier for folks in US-based companies to contribute. Let me know what you think. -- Ivan Kohler President and Head Geek, Freeside Internet Services, Inc. http://freeside.biz/ Debian GNU/Linux developer | CPAN author | cat person | ski addict -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
