Re: question for candidates

[Andreas Nilsson <lists andreasn se>]

On 05/21/2014 05:17 AM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
> Now regarding foundation and these other projects. I've long thought 
> that need to find a way to support these projects.  I have a proposal 
> in the works that will suggest that the Foundation will help pay for 
> hackfests that does not benefit GNOME the product (e.g. the desktop) 
> but does benefit GNOME the eco-system.  The idea is that in exchange 
> for the money, that everyone would participate in working in the lower 
> levels of the stack and not necessarily the design.  This is 
> controversial because of using our finances, but there are questions 
> on whether this will dilute the brand. But that is a separate discussion.

This is very interesting, considering projects like Mate and Elementary 
OS have donation systems by themselves and I assume income from that [1] 
[2]. The other thing is that the foundation have limited funds as it is.
I would love to hear other candidates view on this matter. It would be a 
deal breaker for me.

1. http://mate-desktop.org/donate/
2. http://elementaryos.org/ (you donate when you download it)

- Andreas