Academic might work. "Open source" not so much as other mentioned. Does "Big Corporation" doing Open Source apply? I was tempted to propose "non-profit", but also there are organizations with large budgets. And profit driven ones with not much money. /as On 8/18/13 6:21 AM, SM wrote: > Hi Hadriel, > At 12:31 16-08-2013, Hadriel Kaplan wrote: >> I may be misunderstanding you, but I'm proposing we charge "large >> corporations with large travel budgets" slightly *more* than >> others.[1] I'm not suggesting an overhaul of the system. I'm not >> proposing they get more attention, or more weight, or any such thing. > > That sounds like the ability to pay. It might be worth considering > changing the student rate to an academic and open source rate and > doubling the rate. I am not getting into a definition of "academic" or > "open source" [1]. It is left to the organization to determine whether > it is a good idea to be honest or try the weasel words [2] approach. > > Regards, > -sm > > 1. If the IETF is serious about running code (see RFC 6982) it would try > to encourage open source developers to participate more effectively in > the IETF. > > 2. weasel words give the impression of taking a firm position while > avoiding commitment to any specific claim.