I vote b. I don't like their terms, both the copyright ones and the risk that we'll end up paying through the nose if those $500 aren't enough or if they decide next year we shouldn't have another $500.
Martin, On Wed, 2017-11-29 at 17:32 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: > Your vote is needed to accept hosting sponsorship from DigitalOcean. > > 1. Accept DigitalOcean's offer of $500 credit on their virtual > hosting > system for use in provisioning various Inkscape web > services. Add > DigitalOcean as a Bronze level sponsor for 2018. Authorize > Conservancy to initiate registration with DigitalOcean for > Inkscape. > > - [ ] a. Yes, accept DigitalOcean's sponsorship > - [ ] b. No > > Votes: > ------ > > > > > Board Member | 1. | > > -------------------- |:--:| > > Bryce Harrington | | > > Josh Andler | | > > Tavmjong Bah | | > > Ted Gould | | > > Martin Owens | | > > Marc Jeanmougin | | > > Chris Rogers | | > > Resolved: > --------- > > Background: > ----------- > > In 2017, the Inkscape Board [solicited sponsorship offers][1] for web > hosting. We [received an offer][2] from DigitalOcean that provides > a credit for $500 in service on their virtual hosting platform. It > doesn't match all the requirements we had called for, but it may be > able > to address near term service needs while we continue our search. > > Registration with DigitalOcean requires entry of financial > information > so will need to be performed by the Software Freedom Conservancy > staff > for us. This vote authorizes them to do so. > > [1]: https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/message/36074233/ > [2]: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > t/msg01019.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-board mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board
