Hello, Ian Lynch wrote:
>On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 12:20 +0200, Charles-H.Schulz wrote: > > > >>nothing mean, don't worry :-) ... I understand "private" as entity >>formed of individuals and corporations only representing themselves, >>which is the case here. >> >> > >But isn't that the case with all projects? Isn't Mozilla a group of >people representing themselves under the name Mozilla? Debian?. Ok, Red >Hat is a company. I think the distinction is between a company employing >people to make a profit perhaps and volunteers working for a common >cause without expecting financial rewards. > > let's not get sophistic here :-) .... > > >> So, if >>one is able to make such mistakes, the understanding that by donating to >>this fellowship is the same that donating to OpenOffice.org is possible, >>but unfortunately wrong. >> >> > >So would the notion that donating to ODF was the same as donating to >KOffice which is also a user of the ODF format. I don't think there is >too much to worry about on the subject of donations. If ODF raises >significant funds, its not likely to be from passive donations, much >more likely from providing services or from larger donations from >individuals and/or companies who really understand the issues. > > Of course, Ian. Thanks for the clarifications. Best, Charles. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
