Re: Donations to Debian???
On 06 Jun 2002, Tom Allison wrote:
> I have an idea that I would like to propose to the Debian Collective.
>
> I have no care to purchase any of the Debian CD's as the network
> installation and burning my own ISO's covers everything that I could
> ever wish for.
>
> But I feel that it is important that I make some contribution to the
> Debian group by making some kind of donation to the core Debian.org
> from time to time. Especially when I'm feeling really warm and
> fuzzy about Debians performance.
>
> I would like to ask that debian.org consider setting up a PayPal
> account to accept donations.
>
[snip]
Several of us debated this at some length 4-5 months ago; see the
archives for about 21/01/2002. The problem is particularly acute if one
is outside the USA. Like you, I should have thought a Paypal account
would be the way to go, but it doesn't seem to have been taken up. I did
in the end manage to send a small contribution via someone who kindly
provided the facility for me, but it wasn't easy. Perhaps it's the
decentralized nature of Linux in general and Debian in particular that
makes it difficult to set up a pathway for donations, but it does seem a
pity.
AC
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