[RFC] Sponsorship Questions

[Hans Dedecker]

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 6:27 PM, Hannu Nyman <hannu.nyman at iki.fi> wrote:
> On 20.4.2017 18.32, Jo-Philipp Wich wrote:
>>
>> So the questions are:
>>
>> 1) Are you okay with endorsing a 3rd party as offical LEDE sponsor?
>> 2) What are the rules you'd like to lay out for such a sponsorship?
>
>
> There should be no exclusive sponsors.
> Having A as a sponsor should not prevent LEDE from taking also A's
> competitor B as a sponsor.
>
> Nor should the sponsorship status generate any pressure for preferring
> development for devices from the sponsor compared to other vendors.
>
> Logo visibility and mentioning in the sponsor list sound like reasonable
> benefits to the sponsor.
I agree with all of the above listed rules; next to that sponsorship
status should not be used by any company to force feature development
in a direction which is in the best interest of the company but not
necessary in the best interest of the community.
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