Corporate sponsorship ( was Re: Going passive )

[Mike McGrath]

On Tue, 9 Nov 2010, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:

> On 11/09/2010 02:35 PM, Adam Miller wrote:
> > Red Hat employs many Fedora contributors in order to contribute specifically
> > to Fedora and that should be encouraged, not scoffed at. Red Hat also funds
> > almost 100% of the infrastructure that allows those of us who contribute to
> > contribute as well as their funding for all the ambassador efforts and many
> > many other bits throughout the Fedora scape.
>
> I'm a bit curious on how do other companies/sponsors fit into the
> equation...
>
> Let' s say we have the acme corporate and it wants to match Red Hat's
> funds and contribution if not do more.
>
> What can acme do and not do regarding Fedora besides pouring manpower
> and money into the project ?
>
> For instance if acme wanted to donate hw that was twice as big and
> diverse than what Red Hat provides to the project with the term that
> they would be hosting it and the infrastructure along with it would that
> be acceptable?
>

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sponsorship

	-Mike