[oi-dev] is there a vector for donating to OI?

[Jonathan Adams]

On 7 September 2012 06:01,  <garrett.damore at dey-sys.com> wrote:
> I have no problem with illumos handling earmarking.  In the future, I'll
> want to take a percentage of such donations for illumos general use, but I
> expect it to be reasonable -- perhaps 20% or 25% - and that seems not
> inappropriate given that OI uses illumos as its base anyway.

I am not sure about the 20% mark ... it seems high to me since OI
projects could and should support the community outside of OI.

I understand that for small donations this might _seem_ reasonable,
and that while there is little or no governance of OI it is hard to
see how this funding is spent in a sensible manner, but 20% is a large
slice of any cake.

I know I've already said my peace and am happy for the Illumos
Foundation to take and earmark the funds (it seems by far the sanest
option IMHO) and I could see a 10-15% cut straight to Illumos, I would
prefer not to see it any higher than that.

I would expect any projects, that OI specifically gets involved in,
that affect the Illumos kernel, will benefit Illumos directly and
because of this the OI ring-fenced funding will benefit Illumos too,
but indirectly.

> As far as deciding how it gets spent outside of the earmark - I think the OI
> community will still need to appoint someone or a small body of people, to
> determine the further allocation of the earmark.  That sounds like
> governance to me -- even if not much.
+1

my first preference, as I've said, would be bounties, although as was
suggested some contribution towards transport funds for specific OI
dev's to Illumos events might help the bitterness in the community.

Jon