On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 10:09 +0200, Finn Gruwier Larsen wrote: > Hi John, > > John McCreesh skrev: > > > We are always happy to accept donations to the project. For details of how > > to contribute, please see http://contributing.openoffice.org/donate.html > > I wasn't aware of this possibilty. Who receives the money? Sun? And how > is it ensured that the mony goes to OOo? Is there a separate account for > this, and can we see how the money is spend, if any donations are > actually received? > > I have often felt that the lack of a marketing budget for OOo was one of > the greatest obstacles for its spreading. Some marketing funding would > be really nice to have. Actually, I happen to know a couple of companies > and organizations here i Denmark, who would be willing to help. But of > course they would want some kind of documentation for what what the > money would actually be used for. They wouldn't want to just put the > moneny into Sun's pocket.
I did enquire about this a while back. There really should be published accounts detailing how the money is spent. I have made some donations to specific OOo causes in the past but I would be reluctant to just donate money to a blind fund where there is no public accountability for how it is used. I suspect many others would feel the same and certainly any potentially large donors such as companies or governments. I don't think its really a matter of it going to Sun, its more an issue of transparent accountability of publicly donated funds. -- Ian Lynch www.theINGOTs.org www.opendocumentfellowship.org www.schoolforge.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
