On Thu, 28 May 2009 11:12:16 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar <woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: >> FreeBSD developers know enough to avoid speaking 'on behalf' of >> anyone, unless they are explicitly asked to do so and it makes sense. >> We usually just point the users gently towards an appropriate >> resource: a webpage, a mailing list, or a team of more knowledgeable >> folks, etc. >> >> Boris did the right thing IMO by pointing at the donations pages. >> Two of > > Exactly. but it for sure wasn't what original "sponsoring offer > wanted". He wanted banner/logo advert on mine webpage. > >> a) We generally accept all donations, regardless of how small they are. > > Even donations of a single RAM chip for nearly obsolete platforms are >> welcome and we try to find someone who will make good use of it. > > But you don't put advert for this. As you said - there is separate > webpage for listing sponsors, and that's excellent. > >> b) The donations team acts as a gateway for incoming stuff, and they >> have enough experience to discern genuine offers for a donation >> from spammy "please link to my personal web site and I will make >> you rich" scamming schemes. > > So what's wrong with my answer for such spammy offer?
Dunno, I saw too many messages in the thread to remember if there *was* anything wrong. I'm not saying that there was something wrong with what you wrote. I just liked what Boris (bsam) replied to the OP's message. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
