Become an Official Software Freedom Conservancy Supporter
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Become an Official Software Freedom Conservancy Supporter
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Re: Become an Official Software Freedom Conservancy Supporter
#2"Conservancy assists FLOSS project leaders by handling all matters other than software development and documentation, so the developers can focus on what they do best: improving the software for the public good."
All of their projects: http://sfconservancy.org/members/current/
Re: Become an Official Software Freedom Conservancy Supporter
#3"Conservancy assists FLOSS project leaders by handling all matters other than software development and documentation, so the developers can focus on what they do best: improving the software for the public good." All of their projects: http://sfconservancy.org/members/current/
I would donate but only if 100% of the money goes toward the projects and not social causes such as teaching x/y/z to code or an outreach program for demographic a/b/c (looking at Gnome Foundation and Mozilla here).
Re: Become an Official Software Freedom Conservancy Supporter
#4"Conservancy assists FLOSS project leaders by handling all matters other than software development and documentation, so the developers can focus on what they do best: improving the software for the public good." All of their projects: http://sfconservancy.org/members/current/
I would donate but only if 100% of the money goes toward the projects and not social causes such as teaching x/y/z to code or an outreach program for demographic a/b/c (looking at Gnome Foundation and Mozilla here).
That's your prerogative, but doesn't more exposure mean more potential future contributors?
Re: Become an Official Software Freedom Conservancy Supporter
#5"Conservancy assists FLOSS project leaders by handling all matters other than software development and documentation, so the developers can focus on what they do best: improving the software for the public good." All of their projects: http://sfconservancy.org/members/current/
I would donate but only if 100% of the money goes toward the projects and not social causes such as teaching x/y/z to code or an outreach program for demographic a/b/c (looking at Gnome Foundation and Mozilla here).
Not sure about their financials, but they're pretty transparent overall. Some of their internal policies (linked from that support page) are in their git repo https://gitorious.org/conservancy/policies and their list of services seems pretty clear: http://sfconservancy.org/members/services/
Re: Become an Official Software Freedom Conservancy Supporter
#6"Conservancy assists FLOSS project leaders by handling all matters other than software development and documentation, so the developers can focus on what they do best: improving the software for the public good." All of their projects: http://sfconservancy.org/members/current/
I would donate but only if 100% of the money goes toward the projects and not social causes such as teaching x/y/z to code or an outreach program for demographic a/b/c (looking at Gnome Foundation and Mozilla here).
If you want to donate to a project (e.g. twisted, wine, whatever), 90% goes to the project and 10% goes to the SFC. The 10% is mostly covering operational costs as the SFC is incredibly helpful.
We (PyPy) are working with them for quite a bit and we spend the 90% either earmarked for the specific proposals or on sprint accomodation/travel/etc. if you don't wish to specify the proposal.
Re: Become an Official Software Freedom Conservancy Supporter
#7"Conservancy assists FLOSS project leaders by handling all matters other than software development and documentation, so the developers can focus on what they do best: improving the software for the public good." All of their projects: http://sfconservancy.org/members/current/
I would donate but only if 100% of the money goes toward the projects and not social causes such as teaching x/y/z to code or an outreach program for demographic a/b/c (looking at Gnome Foundation and Mozilla here).
I was already considering donating a meaningful amount, but now I will donate double to compensate for the effect your absurd statement might had on HN readers.
Re: Become an Official Software Freedom Conservancy Supporter
#8It really pains me to be critical of what is a good thing, but I do wish that they would hire a designer for their website.
There seems to be a rejection of design in OSS (less so these days, I admit). I really like the idea of judging software solely on how it stands alone, but people don't do that, and to many this will just come across as amateur.
Re: Become an Official Software Freedom Conservancy Supporter
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would donate but only if 100% of the money goes toward the projects and not social causes such as teaching x/y/z to code or an outreach program for demographic a/b/c (looking at Gnome Foundation and Mozilla here).
That's your prerogative, but doesn't more exposure mean more potential future contributors?
You say this like it's unconditionally a good thing. Consider a lot of the pain with Gnome, systemd, pulseaudio, etc.
More cooks isn't always a good thing.
Re: Become an Official Software Freedom Conservancy Supporter
#10It really pains me to be critical of what is a good thing, but I do wish that they would hire a designer for their website. There seems to be a rejection of design in OSS (less so these days, I admit). I really like the idea of judging software solely on how it stands alone, but people don't do that, and to many this will just come across as amateur.
Yes. Also, their available payment options seem a little behind the times.