On May 26, 2021, at 9:09 AM, Bob Friesenhahn <bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote: > > On Wed, 26 May 2021, Mike Carroll wrote: > >> Ok. Just curious. I landed on OI after dealing with Linux and BSDs (though I >> find the illumos variants and BSDs to be more stable) and thought it would >> be a good way to give back to the community. > > If someone is interested in donating money to the few volunteers who do most > of the work, a foundation is not necessary in order for this to be possible. > > It might not always be obvious who is doing most of the work. > > Bob > >> ________________________________ >> From: Andreas Wacknitz <a.wackn...@gmx.de> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 11:27 PM >> To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org <openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> >> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Possible to sponsor a code bounty? >> >> Am 25.05.21 um 20:46 schrieb Mike Carroll: >>> I was wondering if OpenIndiana was open to code bounties to support >>> development. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> openindiana-discuss mailing list >>> openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org >>> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> To my knowledge we aren't, because we don't have a legal entity (eg. a >> foundation) behind us. >> As far as I remember there were some discussions about different >> possibilities in the past but nothing evolved from it yet. >> Furthermore, there haven't been many offers in the past (none to my >> knowledge). >> >> Regards, >> Andreas
I’m not an OI developer (just a mere mortal user), so what do I know, but a non-profit foundation supporting the Project à la the FreeBSD Foundation vis-à-vis the FreeBSD Project is a great idea and will likely happen one day eventually, but I expect it would evolve organically in response to the need of a critical mass of developers for a legal and organizational infrastructure to receive and disburse financial contributions to the Project and handle transnational tax reporting, etc., in a manner proportionate to extent of contribution, rather than the other way around. Maybe one day some generous donor or inspired company out there will step up to offer a substantive amount of financial sponsorship to make setting up such a foundation necessary? There are far more pointless things to spend money on(, Jeff Bezos/Larry Ellison:) “We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.” —Allan Massie, _A Question of Loyalties_, 1989 _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
