From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Funding the build farm Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 19:29:55 +0100 Message-ID: <87mvubma8s.fsf_-_@gnu.org> References: <20150422114635.GA24566@thebird.nl> <20151011074654.GA8058@thebird.nl> <87wputz1uj.fsf@gnu.org> <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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52003) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zz7UY-0005hk-9C for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:30:03 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zz7UT-0003vm-Uk for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:30:02 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20151118161507.GA25174@thebird.nl> (Pjotr Prins's message of "Wed, 18 Nov 2015 17:15:07 +0100") 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: Pjotr Prins Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Pjotr Prins skribis: > How much would it cost to get some decent hardware for the substitute > server? Maybe we can do a dedicated round of funding on this list and > go round with a cap at FOSDEM? I am happy to put in $100 if it solves > the issue. Is there no one here who can provide a decent server? I know this is ridiculous, but we need a way to collect money. The FSF is overworked so the Free Software Fund=C2=B9 still isn=E2=80=99t set up fo= r us, and I=E2=80=99m even concerned about its viability at this point. 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 they may redirect us to the FSF because we=E2=80=99re GNU. We could look for something similar in Europe but I don=E2=80=99t know of a= ny. Or we could just create a bank account (I want to avoid PayPal) and possibly a non-profit and do it ourselves. But this has drawbacks, see for instance. Concrete suggestions are very much welcome! Then we=E2=80=99ll need to figure out hosting, but I=E2=80=99m a little les= s concerned. Ludo=E2=80=99. =C2=B9 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-10/msg00172.html