Re: Board of Directors Elections 2014 - Candidacy - Emily Gonyer

[Emily Gonyer <emilyyrose gmail com>]

On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 7:21 AM, Stormy Peters <stormy peters gmail com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:15 AM, Emily Gonyer <emilyyrose gmail com> wrote:
> > Of course people should be able to be paid to work on free software.
> > That's great. But when one or two large companies pay the majority of
> > developers, it becomes hard to argue that it is still a 'community
> > led' project, let alone one which is independent. And that's where
> > GNOME is right now.
>
>
> If you are afraid that one entity has too much influence, you can recruit
> other companies to invest as much.
>
> The other option mentioned is the Wikimedia option. I believe they only
> collect donations from individuals. However, as far as I know, they never
> had other organizations paying people's salaries, so I don't know if that's
> an option for GNOME.
>
> Stormy


Of course Stormy. That's why I'm running for the board. I'd love to
see GNOME take up a funding system similar to Wikimedia's.


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