From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Turner Subject: Re: Pls Support Conservancy: https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 15:56:40 -0500 Organization: Twitter Message-ID: <1450990600.3892.25.camel@twopensource.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Dec 24 21:56:48 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aCCwK-0007dp-1x for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2015 21:56:48 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753638AbbLXU4o (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Dec 2015 15:56:44 -0500 Received: from mail-qk0-f173.google.com ([209.85.220.173]:34086 "EHLO mail-qk0-f173.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753535AbbLXU4n (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Dec 2015 15:56:43 -0500 Received: by mail-qk0-f173.google.com with SMTP id p187so172899288qkd.1 for ; Thu, 24 Dec 2015 12:56:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=twopensource-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=message-id:subject:from:to:date:in-reply-to:references:organization :content-type:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=t5/BaZl963pFlXZmgB2w+KQ0Dq+zyyTDYZndwzpDQfc=; b=HUuz1BkEzhOOXzCH+44QPp20H2wQw8QJcLrN0vVrl1n/P1MOmisdXcpls2vuwea/8I v9YqNNKn9ZAF8+bfcz45L49LEyiToUhVjctHf8pegXNQS/vU8Vvo9er/iOLZN5fiU6SI nlNgAbOfJobPo46NYtlUGfPco0z6Qv54IYDVmgmgwJ19Jcq/5kmcyOWGLYpbxh8I39Vo lrz5GTXMIFkkfxKg2l6wqhEQ0jw8OfbNLOnmNFuTSpUVyEEg060/0jMuz3PHXVDsQ7aP gN6nlLkBRBXkrAYm70nGWgrj/q4kzB1bVILzqSb9tXaO4lZru+tPdHjxUwFDM4NnfDU9 6gHA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:date:in-reply-to :references:organization:content-type:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=t5/BaZl963pFlXZmgB2w+KQ0Dq+zyyTDYZndwzpDQfc=; b=f72ZMje7qHU8ZkHmD06IxUbDDm1hjUDWhAght9+bwLCRzlOcWr6NrEbZfvau0Sc0eM IurGbtZoaVxF6ynrCvOzd68dATnc5lALXfDBkeJAmRu/kEMLUxrLDVQYx/9L5wJiYvuf 8tgUUFJej5tvylgn/R52QqlbWQKDtmv3mzCoDDaY39JEfzxFBAtNBQ/iOLOauFBzueq7 Kn75MhOiRP+dI+HVFxBQQgxoTJ3aFXJg7jB//d3Z8t0Ba+HR0lGZjktylwlvhWW/iEx7 AO8hkMHDUKK1Ul8ywVLK3TwnF01Ct1T9aibiGBs8tr1SxEg2wYysvmiD7OdwOUIFZHCY +tOA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmhYJ9DJEwLr/ufm+6mlTbfyGjaVkIkXpY0MPWYGC8D5yjeC/WbufMP/fjn5MTBmGBSzJYHSZmsdzlnTUqU2wHm5LAzig== X-Received: by 10.55.40.153 with SMTP id o25mr50038034qko.93.1450990602454; Thu, 24 Dec 2015 12:56:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from ubuntu (207-38-164-98.c3-0.43d-ubr2.qens-43d.ny.cable.rcn.com. [207.38.164.98]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t1sm20743026qki.44.2015.12.24.12.56.41 for (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 24 Dec 2015 12:56:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Evolution 3.16.5-1ubuntu3.1 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: I just wanted to add that the Conservancy does really important, thankless work on a shoestring budget. I've known Bradley and Karen for years and I've seen how dedicated they are to keeping free software free. I'm a Conservancy supporter, and I hope you'll join up too! On Tue, 2015-12-22 at 08:02 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > [Jeff King, Shawn Pearce and myself represent the Git project to the > Conservancy, and here is a request for help from us.] > > We apologize that we're interrupting the usual content on this > mailing list with a fundraising message, but the non-profit home of > the Git project, Software Freedom Conservancy, is in urgent need of > your immediate support: https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/ > > Git receives a myriad of important services (see > https://sfconservancy.org/members/services/ ) from Conservancy. We > have relied on Conservancy since 2009 to provide them, and we ask > that you support them. While Git gladly contributes 10% of our > project's gross revenue to Conservancy's general fund, (while > Conservancy maintains and administers the other 90% in collaboration > with us to advance the Git project), that 10% of contributions from > all Conservancy's member projects doesn't add up to enough to even > employ one full time person, let alone the already overworked staff > of three that Conservancy has. > > Conservancy's fundraiser, found at > https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/ > , is centered around asking individuals who care about the work that > Conservancy does to donate $120/year, or just $10/month, to support > the > organization. Conservancy seeks about 2,500 Supporters to continue > its > current work, and 750 Supporters to continue a "bare minimum" of > services to its projects. > > Here are some of the things that Conservancy does for Git that are in > the "bare minimum" category: > > * Handle our Google Summer of Code payments and travel, including > handling all financial transactions with Google to receive and > then > disperse the money. > > * Coordinating travel reimbursements for Git contributors to attend > conferences. > > * Buying and shipping hardware to Git volunteer contributors who > need > it. > > * Keeping the non-profit status for us so that we don't have to form > our own org and file our own paperwork. > > Here are some of the services Git has received in the wider category: > > * Dealing with questions from the community about the DCO and legal > issues surrounding contributions to the Git project. > > * Discussing the issue of copyright governance and contributions > with > large corporations who want their employees to contribute to Git > but need legal assurances or have questions relating to Git's > license or contribution policies. > > * Helping us write the Git trademark policy: > https://git-scm.com/trademark , registering the trademark, and > enforcing the trademark when we need it. This assures Git users > can > know that when they see something called "Git", it relates to the > Git > project in some way. > > * And, in fact, we do very occasionally find companies violating the > GPL on Git, and Conservancy has helped us out with that. > > > As you can see, Git really relies on the important work of > Conservancy, > and thus the Git project leadership encourages you to choose > Conservancy > as one of your charitable gifts this holiday season. (Conservancy is > a > 501(c)(3) charity incorporated in New York, and donations are > typically > deductible on U.S. taxes.) > > Please visit: https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/ > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html