I'm going to talk to Xor tomorrow, but under no circumstances can Freenet go into debt to anyone. As of right now, FPI has $1168.32 in our bank account, and $1515.77 in Paypal. Xor should not do any work that would exceed this combined amount.
Ian. On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_...@web.de> wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 15. Oktober 2015, 16:39:29 schrieb xor: > > I offer to write my bills as fully interest-free debt, with no time > limit for > > payment whatsoever. "Pay as soon as there are enough donations". > > I did not answer before, because I did not consider it my place to > answer. Today I learned that this was interpreted as agreement. > It was not agreement. > > I do not think that Freenet Project Inc. can afford to go into debt. > > And from what I saw in 15 minutes of googling, Ian might be liable for > negligency for agreeing to this. That would mean that he would be > personally liable for the debt of FPI. Given that we cannot predict > donations this is something I would not do. Knowing that the first X > months of donations would go towards paying debt could also be a > pretty strong deterrent for potential donors. > > Weeks ago I sent you a link to a funding agency which I deem most > likely to be able to fund your work. They offer 30k for a year, which > is roughly what you’re billing right now (as far as I know). > I don’t have that link anymore, and no time right now to dig through > the IRC history. If you don’t have it anymore, ask me for it on > tuesday evening. > > I’d like to be friendly here, but in matters of “we are broke” and > “will we promise stuff we don’t have?”, making friendly promises would > be dishonest. And getting Ian in legal trouble is a no-go. > > Best wishes, > Arne -- Ian Clarke Founder, The Freenet Project Email: i...@freenetproject.org _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl@freenetproject.org https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
