From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Darrington Subject: Re: Funding the build farm Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 16:12:27 +0100 Message-ID: <20151124151226.GA24274@jocasta.intra> References: <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> <20151123193838.GA11783@jocasta.intra> <20151124165454.0df0f9ec@debian-netbook> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58174) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a1FGw-0002Fj-1J for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2015 10:12:47 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a1FGp-0007aL-Kv for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2015 10:12:45 -0500 Received: from de.cellform.com ([88.217.224.109]:44614 helo=jocasta.intra) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a1FGp-0007Z9-7B for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2015 10:12:39 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20151124165454.0df0f9ec@debian-netbook> 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: Efraim Flashner Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 04:54:54PM +0200, Efraim Flashner wrote: On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 20:38:38 +0100 John Darrington wrote: =20 > 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 wrot= e: > [...] =20 >=20 > It may still be interesting to also go via the FSF. This would = mean bank > accounts in the euro and the dollar currency spaces, and it mig= ht be easier > for US donors to deduce donations from their taxes. >=20 > The FSF does have a EUR bank account. However, if past experience i= s anything > to go by, then : >=20 > 1. The FSF will have little interest in collecting funds for specif= ic projects. > They (with a few very special exceptions) only take donations wh= ich go into > central FSF funds to be dispersed as they think fit. >=20 > AND >=20 > 2. The Conservancy (which normally DOES do directed funding) refuse= s to do so for > GNU projects, for fear of offending the FSF. >=20 =20 What about the FSFE? Would they be more amenable or are they just the European arm of the FSF? =20 The FSFE have no association with the FSF except that they maintain an info= rmal=20 liaison. A year or so ago, I suggested to Karsten Gerloff, the FSFE president that t= hey=20 start such a programme. His response was that the FSFE was forbidden by l= aw=20 (presumably German law - they are an e.V.) from doing that. J' --=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. --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlZUfloACgkQimdxnC3oJ7P7lACcC8ZObnnyGpeifBvpGbSi084A oPwAoIU1GS7Q8zj8soiVuduU05NC0pY9 =yfEG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk--