[Debian-eeepc-devel] FLOSS Atheros drivers and donations

[Christian T. Steigies]

On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 12:15:37PM +0200, Paulus Esterhazy wrote:
> >> If this fails, then I propose to try and raise the money needed to buy
> >> one or two laptops for the project. There is a sizeable community at
> >> [2], so I think there is a chance that this might work. madwifi.org have
> >> a possibility to receive donation through FFII. [3]
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm guessing you never heard back from Asus?
> > 
> > Have you been in contact with madwifi.org to find out how donations best
> > could be handled? There doesn't seem to be a way to donate money for a
> > specific goal at ???http://madwifi.org/wiki/Donations
> > 
> > Perhaps donations directly to Nick Kossifidis could be arranged?
> 
> You're right, I never heard a word from Asus. So a direct donation is
> what I think is best, too. I posted a message a while back to the
> forum.eeeuser.com message board, and got some response:

Couldn't the debian project sponsor one or two of these cheap machines? This
could be a temporary loan, until the drivers are finished, if Debian can not
afford to buy those machines to get a free driver developed. The previous
debian leaders have often approved hardware expenses, if you give them a
reasonable explanation. I have no experience with the new leader yet, but I
would not be suprised if he would allow this expense. Just send a nice email
to leader at d.o, I think this is a very reasonable cause.

Christian