On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 03:27 pm, Peter B. West wrote: > Jeremias Maerki wrote: > > On 29.09.2005 11:58:57 Peter B. West wrote: > >>Jeremias, > >> > >>I meant to ask you when you mentioned your sponsor; who is it? > > > > I'm not at liberty to disclose that at this point. > > > >>I'm sure they're happy with the work you've put in. > > > > Yes, they are. We've already achieved one of the major goals: To > > bring FOP out of its stagnation and make it more interesting for > > people > > > to jump in and help again. FOP's gona live! :-) > > > > Jeremias Maerki > > I can understand that some sponsors may be sensitive to divulging > such information, for at least two reasons. Firstly, the treat of > being inundated with begging letters, and secondly, the possibility > that they might be upsetting their own business partners. > > Before you took up the sponsorship offer, you mentioned to me that it > was on the cards, which I appreciated. I assume you told others as > well. Targeted sponsorship is potentially extremely disruptive to a > group, and it seems to me that the process must be as open as > possible. If it can't be as open as the code, it should be nearly so. >
I always thought in these open source projects you are judged by your peers on the basis of what you do and not on who pays your bills. > Peter Manuel
