> > But I feel that it is important that I make some contribution to the > Debian group by making some kind of donation to the core Debian.org > from time to time. Especially when I'm feeling really warm and > fuzzy about Debians performance. >
as I commented in another thread the three most important contributions you can make are: submit bugs send thanks tell your friends Money is nice, but it is lower priority than those 3. > I would like to ask that debian.org consider setting up a PayPal > account to accept donations. > > Based on recent activities and postings, these donations could be > divided up, by the submitter, into some categories - such as: > > 1) Base Debian -- payments are to go toward the cost of network and > server (hardware & connectivity). Not mirrors, I think. This might > be changed a lot... > mirrors are provided by our friends the Debian money only goes to Debian hardware or other costs. > 2) Package developers -- payments could be forwarded directly to > the package development team members. Example: KDE 2.2.2 > development. I would suggest a fixed fee(s) on this with a > not-to-exceed value from each person to keep it at the level of > Appreciation, rather than Employment. Suggestion: Values of 1, 5, > 10, 25. > it would be nearly impossible for Debian to handle this. Getting the money, converting currency, tax issues, etc. Remember we are about 40% US, 40% Europe and 20% everywhere else. > 3) Documentation developers -- Not the README's, but the website's > core Debian content maintainers for the installation, care and > feeding, and user manuals of Debian as it applies across the many > platforms. > same problem as 2. > My intention here is not to make Debian a $$ based organization, but > there are a lot of times that I have felt it would be kind of cool > to pop $5 off to some package maintainer who did a really great job, > or to Debian.org for just being there. I consider it reasonable for > myself to make an annual $100 donation as long as my financial > conditions allow -- but there isn't any easy place to do this. > If I have to find addresses, fill out checks and mailing envelopes, > I'm less likely to perform all of this. > > Thoughts? > consider offering a devel whose work you like some beer or other physical item. > I'm really not sure that this isn't a serious violation to all that > is good about Debian, GPL, GNU, or Linux so please don't flame me. > just because we give it away does not mean we don't appreciate a thanks and occasional cookie. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
