<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><p class="airmail_on">On June 19, 2018 at 8:16:37 PM, Manuel M T Chakravarty (<a href="mailto:manuel.chakravarty@tweag.io">manuel.chakravarty@tweag.io</a>) wrote:</p><div><blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div></div><div>Thank you for the offer, but we are currently not set up for this (i.e., it would require a legal entity that can accept donations).</div></blockquote></div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto">We do have such a legal entity. That is the purpose of <a href="http://Haskell.org">Haskell.org</a> — it is a registered 501c(3) nonprofit which is equipped to handle donations, including earmarked ones, and through which we can organize and manage contributions in a uniform way, using them to fund essential haskell infrastructure — including, e.g. CI systems.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto">We already have a standing offer that has not been acted on yet, to contribute up to I think 50$/mo for CI stuff from <a href="http://haskell.org">haskell.org</a>. We could have some discussion to bump that somewhat, and along with that we certainly could also be a central clearing-house for other earmarked payments that sum up to the total from either individual _or_ institutional contributors.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto">I would not like this offer to pre-empt institutional support from the companies represented in the devops group — after all, a key part of the purpose of this group was to organize and procure support from commercial groups that make use of haskell, and substituting crowdfunding for that won’t get us to that end. However, I do want to be clear that the mechanisms do exist for handling individual contributions, and we can seek a solution that combines that with more reliable long-term institutional commitments to funding.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto">Cheers,</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto">Gershom</div> <div id="bloop_sign_1529453827609302016" class="bloop_sign"></div> <br><p class="airmail_on">On June 19, 2018 at 8:16:37 PM, Manuel M T Chakravarty (<a href="mailto:manuel.chakravarty@tweag.io">manuel.chakravarty@tweag.io</a>) wrote:</p> <blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq"><span><div><div></div><div>Thank you for the offer, but we are currently not set up for this (i.e., it would require a legal entity that can accept donations).<br><br>Cheers,<br>Manuel<br><br>> Am 19.06.2018 um 21:56 schrieb Alex <<a href="mailto:alex@centromere.net">alex@centromere.net</a>>:<br>> <br>> On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:46:41 +1000<br>> Manuel M T Chakravarty <<a href="mailto:manuel.chakravarty@tweag.io">manuel.chakravarty@tweag.io</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>>> Ok, so we need $200/month (to get a limit extension for four<br>>> containers).<br>>> <br>>> Would any of the institutions represented on this mailing list be<br>>> able to cover these costs? (The eternal gratitude of the Haskell<br>>> community would be yours! Oh, and you get a more thoroughly tested<br>>> compiler!)<br>>> <br>> <br>> Would you accept donations from individuals?<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Alex<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Ghc-devops-group mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Ghc-devops-group@haskell.org">Ghc-devops-group@haskell.org</a><br>> <a href="https://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devops-group">https://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devops-group</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Ghc-devops-group mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ghc-devops-group@haskell.org">Ghc-devops-group@haskell.org</a><br><a href="https://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devops-group">https://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devops-group</a><br></div></div></span></blockquote></body></html>