Is there any decision about the donation programme?
The Web page still says: "If you are looking to make a cash dontation to the CentOS Project, please check back here after August 15th, 2009."
I assume that donations aren't refused, but is there a suggested amount, as there used to be?
Really funny, I was just thinking of this this morning as well! (Christmas spirit I guess, or the gratefulness for latest bunch of 5.4 updates...)
I support the question and add: It there a way to get receipts, etc. in order to book such a donation as a company charge/expense? Is the target organization by chance somehow registered in the European Union?
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 03:02, Yves Bellefeuille yan@storm.ca wrote:
Is there any decision about the donation programme?
The Web page still says: "If you are looking to make a cash dontation to the CentOS Project, please check back here after August 15th, 2009."
I assume that donations aren't refused, but is there a suggested amount, as there used to be?
-- Yves Bellefeuille yan@storm.ca "Yves Bellefeuille: Eterna malvenkanto en UEA" -- Heroldo Komunikas, n-ro 389
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On 12/19/2009 02:02 AM, Yves Bellefeuille wrote:
Is there any decision about the donation programme?
The Web page still says: "If you are looking to make a cash dontation to the CentOS Project, please check back here after August 15th, 2009."
I assume that donations aren't refused, but is there a suggested amount, as there used to be?
The simple answer to that is that we are not ( the CentOS Project ) in a place where we can take on financial donations. Which essentially boils down to the fact that if you were to contribute some money as a financial donation, it would not get used for anything constructive and will not goto the project, it would goto one person - who may or may not even be doing any regular work in the project.
so your assumption on this is actually wrong: financial donations are actively refused at this time. If either you or anyone else are contributing funds using any means, you should stop doing that.
Regards,
- KB
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 3:57 AM, Karanbir Singh mail-lists@karan.org wrote:
The simple answer to that is that we are not ( the CentOS Project ) in a place where we can take on financial donations. Which essentially boils down to the fact that if you were to contribute some money as a financial donation, it would not get used for anything constructive and will not goto the project, it would goto one person - who may or may not even be doing any regular work in the project.
so your assumption on this is actually wrong: financial donations are actively refused at this time. If either you or anyone else are contributing funds using any means, you should stop doing that.
This is sad - you guys do incredible work for nothing, other than the satisfaction you must get and all the accolades we can heap on you, and there's no way we, your community, can contribute.
Is there anything we, or I, can do to help out with this? I feel like a leech and I hate to feel that way.
I am not currently associated with the CentOS project in any way, shape or form, but would love to help out, especially if it means getting funding to the project. It's just wrong that there isn't any.
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On Saturday 19 December 2009 06:57, Karanbir Singh wrote:
The simple answer to that is that we are not ( the CentOS Project ) in a place where we can take on financial donations. Which essentially boils down to the fact that if you were to contribute some money as a financial donation, it would not get used for anything constructive and will not goto the project, it would goto one person - who may or may not even be doing any regular work in the project.
Don't you even have out-of-pocket expenses that could be repaid?
In any case, I would suggest that you change the statement about the donation programme on the Web page.
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