Timwi wrote:
Angela wrote:
On 7/2/05, Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote:
Then why doesn't Wikimedia just donate to Freenode? :-p
Because our donors have been given the impression the money was going towards Wikimedia's own servers and not to third parties.
Oh, so you have defined the purpose for Wikimedia donations too narrowly. I wouldn't have thought the purpose was restricted to hardware only. If it was something general like "to help the Wikimedia projects" or whatever, then certainly helping our fellow IRC network falls under it because it helps Wikimedians and therefore indirectly helps Wikimedia.
Timwi
Not directly related, but I'm told that there are plenty of IRC networks which are as stable as or more stable than Freenode, and which get by with no donations of money at all. Which leads to the question, why donate at all? I haven't been able to find an answer for this yet.
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