On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 21:09 -1000, david wrote: > > > However we should have a way for people to contribute cash to a global > > fund if they want and the consortium has been dragging it's feet on this > > point for some time. There have been several conversations on this topic > > in the past and it is high time some action is taken. > > You need some way to do that for people who are (1) not developers, (2) > don't want to be developers, (3) have no training or even the kind of > mind to become a developer, and (4) have to make the choice of whether > they would use their available time doing something they like and know > how to do (making music) or use their time struggling with a task beyond > their training and interests. > There is no reason that the awards couldn't include Linux Audio producers as well as Developers. > One of the items on my (way-too-long) to do list is to "Decide fin sppt > for Lnx & apps - Firefox, etc. Tax deductible?" (direct copy and paste). > Ideas? > If the Consortium became a registered non profit then it would be tax deductable for US tax payers. -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
