This is naturally something else.... this is a designation of the funds not a string attached.
On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Darren O. Benham wrote: > On Thu, Aug 05, 1999 at 05:50:17PM -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote: > > I would expect them at least to pretent that this is an altruistic act and > > agree to a no strings donation. We cannot allow a foreign agenda to > > control the organization. > > > > On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Ean R . Schuessler wrote: > > > > > I disagree. I don't think that it would be unusual or, for that matter, > > > unfair > > > for a donor to place some constraints on their donation. We must remember > > > that > > > many times these donations will not be of a purely altruistic nature. I > > > can > > > envision many situations where a donor may be giving something to us > > > because > > > they hope that we can do something for them. I think that this may be > > > especially true in the case of large donations. > > > > In that case.. that means we can't allow /. to donate $10,000 to debian. > It has to go to SPI to be divided by to all the various projects under > SPI's umbrella. That also means all "extra dollars" donated when a CD is > purchased is the same... > > That would also mean we turn down any and all donatations that come with > any sort of stipulation... > > I would have to say, I'd rather stay open to donations with stipulations. > I don't think we should have a "blanket accept" or "blanket reject" policy, > though. > > -- > Please cc all mailing list replies to me, also. > ========================================================================= > * http://benham.net/index.html <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <>< * > * -------------------- * -----------------------------------------------* > * Debian Developer, Debian Project Secretary, Debian Webmaster * > * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * > * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * > ========================================================================= >
