Alec Warner wrote: > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> wbrana wrote: >>> Page www.gentoo.org asks for donations >>> "Donate to support our development efforts." >>> Gentoo could get more money if all *.gentoo.org would contain >>> advertisements. >>> >>> >> >> My questions are this: Does Gentoo need more money? Is it in need of >> more funds to support itself? > On a yearly basis, we take in more money than we spend. We primarily > spend money on fees (legal, accountant, etc) and funding requests > (infra hardware, requests from foundation members.) > > Its all on http://foundation.gentoo.org if you are curious. The 2011 > report notes that we have approximately $70,000 USD in funds. Some > Gentoo developers want to do more conference-type events. However > those typically come with much higher budgets than our funds and > require sponsors to make happen. Without clearer goals on what to > spend the money on, I can't really see the need to increase our > advertising. > > We primarily get money from Paypal and Google Summer of Code. > > -A > >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> >> -- >> I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how >> you interpreted my words! >> >> >
Thanks for the answer. If Gentoo ever gets to a point where it needs funds to maintain itself, I would like a dev to post to the user mailing list. I'm certain we could donate if we know there is a need. I certainly would and I'm sure others would too. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
