Re: PostgreSQL derivatives

Simon Riggs wrote:
> > And in the end, I don't see any reason for us to *turn down* sponsorship
>
> I do. Non-profit organisations must be run "without fear or favour" and
> that includes not accepting gifts of any kind, though anonymous
> donations are always acceptable.
>
> If we don't do this, then people may get the impression that certain
> companies dominate and that can easily lead to non-contribution. So
> IMHO, being even handed is critically important to our future.

I am not sure how anonymous-only contributions are supposed to work.
EnterpriseDB employs me, but no one is supposed to know that?
EnterpriseDB sponsors a dinner at PGCon but the sponsor is a secret?

We can do anonymous-only contributions, but that is going to certainly
limit contributions. I am not sure how a company contribution will be
explained to the accounting staff if it has to be anonymous.

I think the big question is what are anonymous-only contributions trying
to solve? I have never heard of problems of favortism to contributors,
so why take a hit on contributions to avoid something no one has
reported to have happened?

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