On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:29:06 -0700
Jesse Keating <jkeating(a)j2solutions.net> wrote:
On 4/4/12 11:28 AM, DJ Delorie wrote:
> Ok, giving money won't work, and the tax stuff is a mess. Let's
> ignore that for a second.
>
> What about equipment?
>
> Consider: if a box showed up at PHX, which contained hardware that
> met the technology requirements of PHX, with a note that said "here,
> yours, no strings attached" - what would happen? Would it be
> returned, or used?
Used. There is a process for donating hardware in place, and it's
been used before.
Just to add/clarify here:
Please don't send random stuff to us without checking first. ;)
At a minimum:
- There must be some tangible benefit to Fedora from the hardware.
(no, we don't want to host your personal fileserver)
- The hardware MUST be rack mountable/enterprise quality.
- The hardware MUST have a warentee from a major vendor with 24x7
response time. (No joe's discount computers or 9 to 5 when we get to
it, etc).
Your best bet if you want to send us something is to open a
Infrastructure ticket or post to the Infrastructure list or mail
admin(a)fedoraproject.org and we can discuss things.
Further note that we also accept co-location/server donations in other
sites (in particular places we don't have good coverage already).
I'd like to also thank our existing sponsors:
http://fedoraproject.org/sponsors.html
kevin