Re: what happened to the donated FSF/Europe machine?

[Laurent GUERBY <guerby at acm dot org>]

On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 18:35, Benjamin Kosnik wrote:
> A bit ago, a machine was donated to the FSF/Europe and earmarked for the
> use of gcc developers. 
> 
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2003-02/msg00850.html
[...]
> This was a stunning bit of generosity, one which I'm hoping will inspire
> other, additional selfless acts. 

For french citizens, the instructions are here (50% payed by the state
via refund on taxes thanks to Loic paperwork efforts):

<http://fsffrance.org/donations/donate.fr.html>

The (may be not up to date) non anonymous french donation list:

<http://fsffrance.org/donations/donators-money.fr.html>

(I believe a law will increase the refund this year from 50% to 60%
up to 20% of revenue instead of 10%, it is currently being discussed by
the french legislator.)

> How do current gcc developers gain access to this machine? Do you have
> to apply for an account?

I don't think the donation has been used to purchase a machine
dedicated to the GCC project developpers:

<http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2003-03/msg00289.html>

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From: Laurent Guerby <guerby at acm dot org>
To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Cc: Loic Dachary <loic at gnu dot org>, Richard Stallman <rms at gnu dot org>
Date: 04 Mar 2003 23:44:21 +0100
Subject: Donation to the GCC project is now handled by FSF

Hi, I formally donated money to the FSF France organisation like last
year, I understand that there are a lot of discussions between
the SC and the FSF about what to do with it. I assume
the SC will keep us informed if it is used in some form for the GCC
project (I have no more information so please do not ask me :).
>>

Which is fine with me, the FSF knows best where to put money
to help free software.

Sincerely,

Laurent