20 Feb
2009
20 Feb
'09
4:26 a.m.
That is correct. The haskell.org mentors decided to spend the money on hosting the haskell.org and community.haskell.org web sites and services, to benefit the whole community rather than just themselves.
Hmm, mentoring a project also benefits the whole community and not just the mentors. So even if mentors take the money, the community wins.
Yes, that is a fair point. What the mentors choose to do with the money from Google is their choice - the wider community will benefit either way.
If keeping valuable time is better for me than getting a software project done then I chose to keep the time.
That's up to you, and that is fine. Open-source is a gift culture, but no-one is forced to give anything. Regards, Malcolm