A little optimistic that the donation will be laptop-sized... IANAL but seems like we can figure out or finesse the tax issue without getting carried away. Perhaps we can research... Cash is king, let's figure out how to accept it... phil at netroedge.com wrote: > > Well, as long as we know how to deal with the tax issues on it, why > not? We could definitely use a Thinkpad or one of these > Intellistations to play with. In fact, if this person is donating > something on the order of the cost of a Thinkpad, perhaps he can just > buy us one instead of handing us cash? Also, we could still use a > server to put the lm-sensors site/cvs on (1 or 2u rack-mount server > would be ideal). > > Not that we have overwhelming requests for a list of items to donate, > but it might be helpful to put a list of wanted items on the web site? > > Phil > > On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 11:30:03AM -0400, Mark Studebaker wrote: > > believe it or not somebody wants to give us money. > > Should we accept, if so how? > > Should we set up a paypal acct? > > What would we do with money? > > Did you see at http://lwn.net that they announced they > > were shutting down their site and they got $25K donations > > in the next week !!! Sheesh. > > From: s <srlinuxx at bellsouth.net> > > To: "Mark D. Studebaker" <mds at paradyne.com> > > Subject: Re: request > > Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 09:49:30 -0500 > > User-Agent: KMail/1.4.2 > > In-Reply-To: <3D23A20D.1BFF0A75 at paradyne.com> > > > > Dear Mark, > > As stated previously I would love to make a small donation to your > > cause but could not find any links from your site. Where might one > > send monitary donations to the lm_sensors project? > > > > thanks, > > -srlinuxx > > > > On Wednesday 03 July 2002 08:17 pm, you wrote: > > > what do you need? What southbridge do you have - is it the VT8233A > > > or something else? > > > Do you have the VT1211 Super I/O? that's supported in CVS too. > > > Let us know. > > > mds > > > > > > ? wrote: > > > > Hi, I have been enjoying your lm_sensors for a couple of years I > > > > guess it's been on an i815 mobo (and similar). But I am going > > > > amd, and would soo much appreciate support for the Via > > > > VT8367(KT333). I see where the VT8233A southbridge is recognized > > > > in cvs so I'm hoping for continued developement of that too. > > > > > > > > I would so much love to help with developement, but alas know > > > > just enough to utilize other's work. Of course I'd be first in > > > > line to test and I also wouldn't mind supporting your project > > > > with a donation. > > > > > > > > I hope to have the opportunity to continue enjoying lm_sensors or > > > > helping you out in some way. > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > -?rlinuxx > > > > -- > Philip Edelbrock -- IS Manager -- Edge Design, Corvallis, OR > phil at netroedge.com -- http://www.netroedge.com/~phil > PGP F16: 01 D2 FD 01 B5 46 F4 F0 3A 8B 9D 7E 14 7F FB 7A
