From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Darrington Subject: Re: Funding the build farm Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 20:38:38 +0100 Message-ID: <20151123193838.GA11783@jocasta.intra> References: <20151011212714.GA9401@thebird.nl> <87d1wk8y7e.fsf@netris.org> <20151012060607.GA11012@thebird.nl> <871td0auiw.fsf@gnu.org> <20151013121140.GA18001@thebird.nl> <20151013125258.GA5574@debian> <87eggyomym.fsf@gnu.org> <20151118161507.GA25174@thebird.nl> <87mvubma8s.fsf_-_@gnu.org> <20151122105306.GA4493@debian.ntu.edu.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="jRHKVT23PllUwdXP" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60035) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0wx5-000881-Oe for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:39:04 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0wx4-0006D6-NZ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:39:03 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20151122105306.GA4493@debian.ntu.edu.sg> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Andreas Enge Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 11:53:06AM +0100, Andreas Enge wrote: On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 07:29:55PM +0100, Ludovic Court??s wrote: > So, what can we do? We could go to another fiscal sponsor for free > software projects in the US, either Conservancy or SPI, Inc., but th= ey > may redirect us to the FSF because we???re GNU. It may still be interesting to also go via the FSF. This would mean ba= nk accounts in the euro and the dollar currency spaces, and it might be e= asier for US donors to deduce donations from their taxes. The FSF does have a EUR bank account. However, if past experience is anyth= ing to go by, then : 1. The FSF will have little interest in collecting funds for specific proj= ects. They (with a few very special exceptions) only take donations which go = into central FSF funds to be dispersed as they think fit. AND 2. The Conservancy (which normally DOES do directed funding) refuses to do= so for GNU projects, for fear of offending the FSF. This is a crazy situation, but then they are American .... =20 J' =20 --=20 Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encryted email. PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3=20 fingerprint =3D 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key. --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlZTaz4ACgkQimdxnC3oJ7O/jwCfQ5tIFqrvbHk/Do24BbFekRtk PTYAn2OGgh9FQLKlBm6dM1UdplP7kl0C =D/W2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP--