On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:03:12 +0100, Henne Vogelsang wrote:
Hey,
On 12.02.2016 01:06, Jim Henderson wrote:
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:01:12 +0100, Henne Vogelsang wrote:
On 10.02.2016 19:12, Jim Henderson wrote:
Some people perhaps want to not feel beholden to SUSE for the community project. I'm perfectly fine with it myself, but I can also see that some people feel that if SUSE can make financial contributions to the project, why can't others?
SUSE makes no financial contributions because there is no legal entity to make contributions to. SUSE simply pays for stuff, and that everyone can do.
I didn't mean "financial contribution" as in "they give money to an organisation that doesn't exist" - but the openSUSE project benefits from SUSE's financial input.
But you say others can't do that and this is simply not true.
What I'm saying is that there's no organized central point for that kind of collection. There's a difference between "making a financial contribution to the project" and "going out and buying stuff in support of the project". But I don't have the time or the energy to nitpick the difference between the two. In the end, it's not relevant, and I think I was clear about my meaning. :)
Everyone can make a sticker, print a million copies (and pay for it) to distribute them on conferences. That is what SUSE does.
Sure. But there are those who think it might be useful to be able to pool the financial resources to do that, aside from the local reimbursement fund that SUSE has set up for the project.
There's nothing that prevents a group of individuals around the world from pooling their resources for a specific need, but for those who would like to contribute to a general fund, there's no option.
There is nothing that prevents anyone from doing anything. But that's not what we are discussing. We are discussing the pros and cons of a 'general fund' :-)
Indeed we are, which is what I was talking about. :) Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org