> We don't have any use for money right now. What we have > mostly just sits in a bank account getting slowly devalued by > inflation. So fund raising exercises aren't really a good idea.
Oh. Okay at least I don't have to feel bad about using Debian and not contributing, but I have to say I find this very strange. Surely Debian has developers that would love to spend more time working on Debian than on their day-jobs, but don't do so because they need to pay the rent etc? Or is the whole Ubuntu thing (where I understand Mark Shuttleworth has hired a large number of the senior Debian developers) considered to be the solution to this problem? And what about Debian itself making a donation to for example FSF Europe? We're still in the process of trying to fight off the evil software patents over here! (although I can't personally vouch for the activities of FSF Europe, I suspect the money would be well spent there). Surely there are shared interests here, better than letting it devalue. Regards, Pete
