On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Mani A a.mani.cms@gmail.com wrote:
Here FSF-I's campaign is completely known to the donors - its objectives
and
goals as well as the means of achieving them. By receiving donations,
FSF-I
These arguments cannot really stand water.
All free software movements should follow standard open terms for accepting donations.
A draft should be prepared with relevant clauses. Any sane free software movement should be expected to comply with it. It should be possible for Governments and other organizations to comply with it.
Nothing is so vague as to defy documentation.
"Corporate patrons affiliate themselves with the FSF and the GNU project through financial support. The FSF does not endorse the activities of its corporate patrons."
Details at http://www.fsf.org/donate/patron
The message is quite unambigous. CK Raju