Hi everyone, Guess it's time for me to finally join the discussion. :-) I've been paying attention to this thread since it started.
> > Which made me think ... wasn't this why Mozilla created a corporation? > I believe one can find online write-ups from the people involved with the decision to create MoCo as to why they felt this was a good idea. I read them once years ago. I would need to re-read to remind myself what those reasons were. Or could we even just go to that Mozilla corporation? > > Given that Mozilla is a Perl 6 supporter, would they be willing to handle > earmarked Perl 6 donations in lieu of TPF (for a limited time, say 2 > years)? > One of the stated goals and desired outcomes of the MoFo joint sponsorship with TPF of Patrick Michaud's work was to assist TPF to do more (and more effective) fundraising for p6. MoFo's goals in p6 are served by supporting TPF. I strongly doubt that they would accept donations for p6 and distribute them themselves directly. (I'm in touch with the MoFo executive director on a weekly basis. I've got a pretty good idea of where he's at in his thinking.) > Their major name recognition as a solid entity could be very helpful in > attracting major donations prior to Perl 6's first production release. > Yes, they appreciate that, which is why they donated to TPF. They wanted to endorse TPF and p6 to make it easier for others to do so. Cheers, - Richard Dice (President of TPF)
