From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 131E8139085 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2017 16:58:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6BBF921C0E1; Sun, 22 Jan 2017 16:58:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 41EA221C097 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2017 16:58:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from katipo2.lan (unknown [IPv6:2406:e001:1:d01:de0e:a1ff:fea1:6ec4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: kentnl) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 21E61341694 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2017 16:58:21 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 05:57:55 +1300 From: Kent Fredric To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Rekindling Gentoo News -> Paying for news Message-ID: <20170123055755.45a4b6e9@katipo2.lan> In-Reply-To: References: <20170123025825.08b86fa6@katipo2.lan> Organization: Gentoo X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.14.1 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; boundary="Sig_/_4eR7bBa6TwSLF+DKpj88BD"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: a7faa8b2-7540-405e-8529-f9d1715c9172 X-Archives-Hash: 8c0441b8fbd942df4c98ef99f9243adf --Sig_/_4eR7bBa6TwSLF+DKpj88BD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 11:21:12 -0500 "William L. Thomson Jr." wrote: > Corporate sponsors will only sponsor Gentoo if they have a direct benefit= .=20 > Right now with how Gentoo is. There is no reason for anyone to give Gento= o=20 > money, individual or corporation. People reading the newsletter seeing that a company sponsored it both makes people more aware that a company exists, and gives them confidence that the= company cares enough about opensource to sponsor it. And this makes opensource preferring people more likely to choose that comp= any. How do you think The Perl Foundation has money to pay for developing things? Oh. They have sponsors, and they're listed: https://metacpan.org/about/meta= _hack=20 Note: All of these companies have some mutualistic involvement. And there's this: http://pythonchallenge.org/sponsors-and-partners/ This: https://us.pycon.org/2015/sponsors/=20 This: http://www.rubyconf.org/sponsors This: https://jaxlondon.com/sponsors-exhibitors/=20 There is direct benefit: Being seen is a direct benefit. --Sig_/_4eR7bBa6TwSLF+DKpj88BD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEPZazbI/qrFT1o9rn6FQySxNmqCAFAliE5KAACgkQ6FQySxNm qCCj9A/9H2laJPesC541i8m1/6ak8lXkeAJ5rM9YUWWolxlVwZUUY/mDekAjV4z/ z6OrzukH4vIJ2JGpnTvlfQPvOZfB4Z7UHxG8Zcqq1HQSxxgsUylJO1DI7d15c69a QEB3Bm4F2+DieK3r0PhIkQ840upL8zTx0BLUmhhpjK8gEOI1zkktl7ivM6QH5K94 vOXckCS+CiNqbQqBtgiPZoVo5N2ZcT+9EoRmoGdjuiIdb//IKxQPiF68Za0CuGrY BssHdMRPtB6Mw7hAsJTnuTkye+NxN7RSkUxSfQNn/7erkksQuFKPCw4SzT1Od8uv FaKG8o96a2Ml90I0McID2tXxacuNdGB6t4Rd5m1YW/9z+f6V+E1ald6f7poavRrN WcCXBtaSj2UI+4FwnJAtR4lyQZDBNYqjsgzU16VYgP3fGQ9twBNWO51N0z1THKPt 15dUv9ScNZ76mmSc3cKNibeY5/3vF0w5/w0phjZj02JbLZcvqkczvwld1ST42v5N ZhlBqDONObjOP9/xpZfS75xJbItSw9YwhXMLOKav+RVqJAilxk2QRGO4yXI4bYHX fFjKuGSkV8+jYAg0cuKdfSn0hUjpywL+n+ISJ6KoPaujQEPbxXtQu6UhLbtxj7bj 7KU1yu9AE1DGUDtZe1L1SG0u97MVHZ8G00jZdn41zOvhePbHGAc= =MA3N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/_4eR7bBa6TwSLF+DKpj88BD--