> On Dec 6, 2015, at 16:15, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersm...@oracle.com> > wrote: > > On 12/ 6/15 12:59 PM, Private openbabel wrote: >> Dear Bob, >> >> I would like to see a foundation registered in the UK in early 2016 to >> receive >> donations and sponsorship similar to Libre Office.This will help with some of >> the development objectives outlined. > > Will it? Are there going to be enough donations to matter? > > I was part of the group that spent years setting up the X.Org Foundation in > the US - we found that it was a ton of effort for little benefit if you're not > bringing in enough money to pay at least one employee to manage it all (which > is why we're now folding it into Software in the Public Interest - a larger > open source umbrella foundation covering many projects). > > -alan-
I think there needs to be some change that provides for a clear way for businesses to account for donations to open source organizations and developers. Right now, from what I've seen mentioned before, typical accounting departments have difficulty finding a legitimate reason or category to spend for something that doesn't strictly require it, even if it could be argued that it would enable valuable improvements in support. _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
