I would be interested in something like this. My finances are a bit tight due to an upcoming home purchase but I would like to be part of any effort to crowdfund SRSS.
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 4:45 AM, Kalle Anka <[email protected]> wrote: > How big would the chance be to crowd fund a buy out of SRSS from Oracle? > > 1) OpenOffice was released to the open source community by Oracle because > they did not make money from it. So, how big are the chances that Oracle > freely release SRSS to the community? Very slim? What are your thoughts on > this? > > 2) If chances are very slim we can stop hoping for a free release from > Oracle. Instead, would it be possible to reach Oracle if we crowd funded a > buy out of SRSS? Probably yes, if there are money involved. How much money? > What are your thoughts? > > 3) How big is the user base, how many would be interested in contributing > money? Maybe there are some organizations and companies too, that are > willing to contribute money? I would be interested in contributing money for > sure. > > 4) Should we try to pursue this suggestion more seriously? Am I the only one > interested in this, then it is no idea. But if we can gain momentum, it > might be possible. Then we could make plans of a buy out. > > > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users > -- Jonathan Kalbfeld V: +1 212 518 2441 F: +1 818 495 2140 _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
