Re: [Fsfe-uk] RFC: Free software project grants

[Andrew Savory]

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Alex Hudson wrote:

>      1. who i am, what the project is and what my relation to the
>         project is

I would add:
       1.5 what my track record is

I'd feel less comfortable giving large amounts of money to someone that's
never written software before, or to someone with a record of failing to
deliver.

> The most important decision, therefore, and probably the one which needs
> most input, is what guidelines are used as the basis for judging a
> project.

I'd also add "and who judges it?".

Other than that, I agree with just about everything you said, Alex.


Andrew.

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