Re: Not-for-profit doesn't mean Never-get-money (Was: Re: Google ads on debian.org)

2004-12-14 Thread Art McGee
> > As long as any money made from the ads is plied right back > > into the Debian Project, and there are clear organizational > > procedures and guidelines to insure accountability, I don't > > see a problem with it. > > So you agree that it can't be done. If you're saying that there is no mea

Re: Not-for-profit doesn't mean Never-get-money (Was: Re: Google ads on debian.org)

2004-12-14 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 12:34:07PM -0800, Art McGee wrote: > As long as any money made from the ads is plied right back > into the Debian Project, and there are clear organizational > procedures and guidelines to insure accountability, I don't > see a problem with it. So you agree that it can't

Re: Not-for-profit doesn't mean Never-get-money (Was: Re: Google ads on debian.org)

2004-12-14 Thread Art McGee
> I just want to make it clear. Not-for-profit doesn't mean > Without-any-money. A non-profit organization can have > several ways of getting money to raise its projects. Agreed. What distinguishes Capitalism from mere Sustainability are the concepts of Capital Accumulation, Incessant Growth,

Not-for-profit doesn't mean Never-get-money (Was: Re: Google ads on debian.org)

2004-12-14 Thread Daniel Ruoso
Em Ter, 2004-12-14 às 00:59, Stephen Frost escreveu: > I agree w/ tbm, I don't see the issues as all that problematic. I find > it disappointing, but not exactly suprising, that alot of the project > members disagree outright at the very notion. Not very open-minded, in > my view. :) I agree. In