Re: Development donations

[Ciaran O'Riordan]

Thanks for the info Marcus.

Could you explain the system a little more?

For example: I'd like to fund the development of a working
ppp system for GNU.  Could you make an estimate as to how
many points this would require?

(If it's a $2000 problem and I have $200 then I would
 rather pool my money with someone else to get another
 problem solved.)

Ciaran O'Riordan

On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 03:55:07PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> That's correct.  g10 Code does employ excellent hackers, and by
> coincidence several of them are well-known Hurd hackers.  You can buy
> maintenance points for the products g10 Code developed, but also for
> related projects we have our hands in (currently, this would be the Hurd).
> 
> The site I suggest to start with is http://www.g10code.de/products.html
> 
> With the maintenance points for the Hurd we can burn company time on the Hurd
> software.  If you have preferences as towards what could be done with the
> money, I suggest adding that in the comment field, and I think that if there
> is a problem targeting a very narrow earmark, we will get back to you and
> see if we can't find a compromise.  I should add that for any of the examples
> Greg gave (large filesystem support, L4 port or Mozilla port) it would be easy
> for us to comply.
> 
> Thanks,
> Marcus