Just thought of adding it to the bottom of this page: http://jakarta.apache.org/slide/contrib.html
But I don't want to cause trouble, so let's hear what the PMC sais about it. Regards, Daniel "Slide Developers Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 08.11.04 16:49:32: > > The donation XMLMind makes does not introduce any dependency of slides > open source. It is just a donation made to promote the project. So I > don't see any problem. > We only need a "Sponsors page" and need to vote for each sponsor, I think. > Stefan > > > Daniel Florey wrote: > > > So what should we do? Would be great to have this tool to work with. I've > > seen this page where some hardware donations have been mentioned: > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/thanks.html > > > > So personally I like the idea that the commiters get some tools for free to > > support their work and that the one who donated them gets a credit in any > > form. > > Do you have a proposal how we could achieve this? > > Cheers, > > Daniel > > > > "Slide Developers Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am > > 08.11.04 15:59:37: > > > >>Daniel Florey wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Hi, > >>>Good news: > >>>I've recieved an email from the author of the great XMLEditor software. > >>>It's a very nice piece of software that works perfect to create docbook > >>>based documentation. > >>>As you can see from the attached email, he will donate a free professional > >>>license for the Slide commiters. So if you are interested, please send me > >>>a mail containing your @apache email address. > >>>Any objections to add XMLMind to the sponsors part of the Slide page? I'm > >>>sure that nobody will vote against it after using the nice XMLEditor (that > >>>already supports WebDAV...) > >>> > >>> > >> > >>I'm not sure this is a policy the ASF would approve of. I don't think I > >>have ever seen this type of sponsorship in any ASF project. As you know > >>ASF works on the basis of merit where contributions are rewarded on an > >>individual basis. > > > > > > What do you mean by this? > > > > > >>Personally I would be strongly against this form of > >>partnership where the only cooperative structure is a material one. If > >>XMLMind is interested in cooperation of the kind we do at the ASF, then > >>the first step would be to make their product ASL or compatible. > >> > >>-- > >>Unico > >> > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Mit WEB.DE FreePhone mit hoechster Qualitaet ab 0 Ct./Min. > > weltweit telefonieren! http://freephone.web.de/?mc=021201 > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Stefan L�tzkendorf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ________________________________________________________________ Verschicken Sie romantische, coole und witzige Bilder per SMS! Jetzt neu bei WEB.DE FreeMail: http://freemail.web.de/?mc=021193 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
