Angela wrote:
On 7/2/05, Timwi <timwi(a)gmx.net> wrote:
Then why doesn't Wikimedia just donate to
Freenode? :-p
Because our donors have been given the impression the money was going
towards Wikimedia's own servers and not to third parties.
Oh, so you have defined the purpose for Wikimedia donations too
narrowly. I wouldn't have thought the purpose was restricted to hardware
only. If it was something general like "to help the Wikimedia projects"
or whatever, then certainly helping our fellow IRC network falls under
it because it helps Wikimedians and therefore indirectly helps Wikimedia.
Timwi
Not directly related, but I'm told that there are plenty of IRC networks
which are as stable as or more stable than Freenode, and which get by
with no donations of money at all. Which leads to the question, why
donate at all? I haven't been able to find an answer for this yet.
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