[Privoxy-devel] Sponsoring policy

[Ian Silvester]

That works for me as a first approximation.

(excuse terse reply - cellphone roaming whilst on vacation!) 

Ian

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On Fri, 22 Jul 2016, at 09:35, Fabian Keil wrote:
> Lee <ler762 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 7/17/16, Fabian Keil <fk at fabiankeil.de> wrote:
> > > Ian Silvester <iansilvester at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 
> > >> but the  OpenSUSE policy is 404 (even
> > >> that on their site!). If we're cosidering using that as a model, I'd
> > >> like tovknow more about what we will offer for the different levels of
> > >> sponsorship. Could you elaborate Fabian?  
> > >
> > > Here's a screen grab of the OpenSUSE policy:
> > > https://www.fabiankeil.de/tmp/Sponsoring_for_opensuse.png
> > >
> > > What we will offer is up for discussion.  
> > 
> > A logo + link to the sponsoring site or are you thinking of something else?
> 
> Not at the moment, but I'm open for other suggestions.
> 
> > > OpenSUSE's sponsor levels affect logo and link placement which
> > > makes sense to me as it is probably the main thing potential
> > > sponsors are interested in.  
> > 
> > Sounds about right.
> > 
> > >> Separately, I think we should consider whether sponsorship funds might
> > >> be directed to paying foe development in order to shrink the TODO list.
> > >> But I am getting ahead of myself.  
> > >
> > > I thought about this as well (and would like it), but currently
> > > I think sustainably funding the infrastructure has a higher priority.
> > >
> > > So far my impression is that the potential sponsors that contacted
> > > me don't particularly care how the money is spent as long as they
> > > get their link and logo placement.  
> > 
> > Which is probably correct.  If a sponsor wants something specific I'm
> > sure they'll say so :)
> > 
> > So the next step would be .. what?  Something easy like where to put
> > the sponsor logos, something hard like coming up with a policy, or ???
> 
> The policy could evolve over time and coming up with something
> shouldn't be too complicated.
> 
> A couple of potential sponsors are currently waiting for a response
> and we could offer them the following:
> 
> 10000 EUR/year: Logo shown at bottom of homepage,
>                 Logo, link and self description at
>                 www.privoxy.org/sponsors/ 
>  1000 EUR/year: Logo appears randomly at bottom of homepage,
>                 Logo, link and self description at
>                 www.privoxy.org/sponsors/ 
>   500 EUR/year: Logo and link at
>                 www.privoxy.org/sponsors/
> 
> With logo sizes depending on the sponsor level.
> Each developer can veto a potential sponsor.
> 
> We could then put these rules on the website and evaluate at the
> end of the year if we should adjust them, for example because
> no new sponsor was found.
> 
> Fabian
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