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From: elein <[email protected]>
To: Josh Berkus <[email protected]>
Cc: Robert Treat <[email protected]>
Cc: Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
Cc: Marc G. Fournier <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: merging advocacy and "overview"
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 10:52:09 -0800
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And where does something like General Bits fit in as
a link?  Does that contribution (along with advocacy stuff)
rate a corporate sponsor link?  Is auxilliary information
equivalent to code contributions?  What about advocacy work?
I obviously would like to see Varlena, LLC on the corporate
sponsor list, at least for the time I spend writing and
publishing.


--elein


On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 09:18:22AM -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Marc, Robert,
> 
> > > > Not sure if I agree with a 'time limit' on this one ... there should
> > > > be some sort of 'history' section ... if we are remembering a
> > > > contribution, it should be remembered, not 'fade out over time' ...
> 
> Well, the main reason I wanted the 3-year limit is that I don't want to try to 
> research what companies contributed code in 1989.   I expect that we'll be 
> pretty casual about taking companies "off for expiration" -- if we ever do.
> 
> > > I think Marc has an interesting point. The other issue is what about
> > > companies who may not sponsor a ton of code but troll the mailing lists?
> 
> No.  Why would we care?  Unless you have a different meaning for "troll" than 
> I do?
> 
> > > Or provide major services like hosting? 
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > > Or secondary code like the .Net 
> > > provider?
> 
> Yes, *especially* these.
> 
> -- 
> Josh Berkus
> Aglio Database Solutions
> San Francisco
> 
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