[Osmf-talk] on Google

Rob Myers rob at robmyers.org
Tue Jul 19 13:05:32 UTC 2011


On 19/07/11 13:39, fh.sainct wrote:
> 
> But it'd be incredibly naive to believe Google donated just to be nice.

Donating to support a project that benefits the company (however
indirectly) is very different from a donation with "strings attached".

There is nothing wrong with receiving and acknowledging corporate
donations with no strings attached. The FSF does this for example:

http://www.fsf.org/patrons

- Rob.

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