Re: Sponsoring a Tails hackfest?

[Michael Banck <mbanck@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Sat, May 03, 2014 at 08:43:07AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The Tails project is a Debian-based live system focusing on privacy and
> anonymity. For more information about Tails and their relationship with
> Debian, see:
> https://tails.boum.org/
> https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/Tails
> https://tails.boum.org/contribute/relationship_with_upstream/
> https://tails.boum.org/contribute/how/debian/
> http://www.wired.com/2014/04/tails/
> 
> Tails is organizing a two-day hackfest and a contributors summit in
> July. They are requesting sponsorship from Debian for the events, in
> order to cover travel costs for contributors. Their overall budget is
> between 10kEUR and 20kEUR.
> 
> Given that:
> - they are a derivative working closely with Debian (and being a live
>   system, having their own public identity makes sense)
> - they are doing a lot of their work in Debian -- the hackfest could be
>   seen as a Debian sprint
> - they are addressing important issues, and clearly contribute to Debian
>   having something to say about such issues
> 
> I am planning to allocate 5000 EUR.
> 
> Comments?

+1

Michael