Academic might work. "Open source" not so much as other mentioned. Does
"Big Corporation" doing Open Source apply?
I was tempted to propose "non-profit", but also there are organizations
with large budgets. And profit driven ones with not much money.
/as
On 8/18/13 6:21 AM, SM wrote:
> Hi Hadriel,
> At 12:31 16-08-2013, Hadriel Kaplan wrote:
>> I may be misunderstanding you, but I'm proposing we charge "large
>> corporations with large travel budgets" slightly *more* than
>> others.[1] I'm not suggesting an overhaul of the system. I'm not
>> proposing they get more attention, or more weight, or any such thing.
>
> That sounds like the ability to pay. It might be worth considering
> changing the student rate to an academic and open source rate and
> doubling the rate. I am not getting into a definition of "academic" or
> "open source" [1]. It is left to the organization to determine whether
> it is a good idea to be honest or try the weasel words [2] approach.
>
> Regards,
> -sm
>
> 1. If the IETF is serious about running code (see RFC 6982) it would try
> to encourage open source developers to participate more effectively in
> the IETF.
>
> 2. weasel words give the impression of taking a firm position while
> avoiding commitment to any specific claim.
