[opensuse-wiki] Buy openSUSE link on software.o.o ?

Moin, what about adding the retail box to http://software.opensuse.org/113/en ? [http://en.opensuse.org/Buy_openSUSE] Imo it would be the right place to inform people about the retail box and as far as I remember we had this with former versions. Best Michael -- Michael Löffler, Product Management SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help@opensuse.org

On 20/07/10 12:07, Michael Loeffler wrote:
Moin,
what about adding the retail box to http://software.opensuse.org/113/en ? [http://en.opensuse.org/Buy_openSUSE]
Imo it would be the right place to inform people about the retail box and as far as I remember we had this with former versions.
Moin moin, I do not know/do not really care what was done before but I think it would be at least appropriate - on the German mailinglist were also questions why no button for/way of donating to the community exists. Maybe that indirect way to financially support a part of the openSUSE project should be presented a bit less 'subtly'? Greetings pistazienfresser -- - openSUSE profile: https://users.opensuse.org/show/pistazienfresser -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help@opensuse.org

Moin, On Tuesday 20 July 2010 12:50:30 pistazienfresser wrote:
On 20/07/10 12:07, Michael Loeffler wrote:
Moin,
what about adding the retail box to http://software.opensuse.org/113/en ? [http://en.opensuse.org/Buy_openSUSE]
Imo it would be the right place to inform people about the retail box and as far as I remember we had this with former versions
Moin moin,
I do not know/do not really care what was done before but I think it would be at least appropriate - on the German mailinglist were also questions why no button for/way of donating to the community exists. Maybe that indirect way to financially support a part of the openSUSE project should be presented a bit less 'subtly'? As any donation would need to go through Novell as revenue this currently not a solution. We're working on setting up a foundation. If we're successful with that there will be a donation button.
Greetings pistazienfresser
-- Michael Löffler, Product Management SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help@opensuse.org

My argumentation was just in favor of Michael's suggestion. On 21/07/10 18:54, Michael Loeffler wrote:
Moin, On Tuesday 20 July 2010 12:50:30 pistazienfresser wrote:
Maybe that indirect way to financially support a part of the openSUSE project should be presented a bit less 'subtly'?
Again in other words: 1) I presume at least a bit of the money payed for the boxed version will find its way to Novell. 2) I further presume that Novell and her German daughter SuSE would at least allow their staff to invest a bit time in the openSUSE project. 3) My third presumption is that these people from 2) will have an advantage from 1) - at least indirectly in improving the security of their jobs. So if my presumptions would be truth or at least not totally false: I would support "Buy openSUSE link on software.o.o ?" Link to http://wiki.opensuse.org/Buy_openSUSE or a page like it on http://software.openoffice.org.
On 20/07/10 12:07, Michael Loeffler wrote: As any donation would need to go through Novell as revenue this currently not a solution. We're working on setting up a foundation. If we're successful with that there will be a donation button.
Personally I do not think that a link to the boxed version would be conflicting with that planned foundation and any other button that would be be there in the future - but I may be false in that educated guess, too, as a real conclusion would depend on more than 1)-3) [system of law (US, DE, EU, ...), planned construction, running contracts, marketing plan for the future, ...] Greetings pistazienfresser P.S.: Would a page about that foundation at least get a place in the namespaces Main or Portal of this wiki - unlike - example given - the Bugzilla now? -- - openSUSE profile: https://users.opensuse.org/show/pistazienfresser -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help@opensuse.org
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