Newsgroups: comp.os.linux Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!darwin.sura.net! zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!hpa From: h...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin N9ITP) Subject: Current Status of the Linus fund Message-ID: <1992Sep30.032501.11010@news.acns.nwu.edu> Sender: use...@news.acns.nwu.edu (Usenet on news.acns) Reply-To: h...@nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin) Organization: You must be kidding! Distribution: usa Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 03:25:01 GMT Lines: 76 Hello everyone. This is the current status of the Linus collection for the USA. The Linus collection came about then Linus in one of his postings (explaining why Linux is freeware) mentioned he still ispaying installments on his PC. My role in the whole play is to cluster contributions to reduce exchange/transfer fees from the U.S. to Finland. Note that I will not ask Linus for any accounting; as one contributor wrote this is the "Linus Torvalds Discretionary Malt and Semiconductor Fund", meaning that for all we care Linus might as well buy beer (a.k.a. hacker fuel) for the money -- and use the money he would buy beer for to pay off his computer instead. This is *not* a registration fee; you will really get *nothing* in return for contributing. Linux is as free as it has always been, and you will *not* get better support or anything by contributing. Because of a campus mail snafu and the current state of the dollar vs. Finnish currenncy, I have waited a bit longer with sending anything than I expected. If you still want to contribute, however, PLEASE SEND ME E-MAIL SO I KNOW TO WAIT. (Address at the end of this message.) To date I have received the following contributions. If you have not received a personal confirmation your mail bounced somewhere along the way, or you didn't include your e-mail address. J. Moore $100 P. Anglin $50 J. Lynch $50 R. Almquist $10 J. Montgomery $25 D. Black $50 M. Ng $100 H. Noguchi $20 J. White $50 ---------------------------- Total so far $455 If you haven't already done so and wish to contribute, send a check made out to me (Peter Anvin) to: Linus Collection c/o Peter Anvin EECS department Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road rm 2657 Evanston, IL 60208-3118 [NOTE: I can only take U.S. currency; if you live outside the U.S. your best bet is sending it directly to Linus unless you can transfer money into U.S. dollars more cheaply.] Please send me an e-mail as well, as the mail here is rather slow and since I will be cashing the checks rather soon. The check must be made out to me so I can cash them and transfer the money. Write your e-mail address on the check, so I can send you a confirmation note, and if you don't want your name published, include some "identifier" that I can post that you will recognize. I will post the complete accounting when I have sent the money so everyone can verify I haven't pocketed any. Thanks to all contributors and everyone that has had their hand in in the making of this wonderful OS! /hpa -- INTERNET: h...@nwu.edu TALK: h...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu BITNET: HPA@NUACC IBMNET: 16331@IBMX400 HAM RADIO: N9ITP NeXTMAIL: h...@lenny.acns.nwu.edu This is a test of the emergency USENET system.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu! casbah.acns.nwu.edu!hpa From: h...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin N9ITP) Subject: Linus fund -- final confirmation Message-ID: < 1992Oct25.021602.15066@news.acns.nwu.edu> Summary: Final confirmation of receipt; accounting report in 1-2 weeks Sender: use...@news.acns.nwu.edu (Usenet on news.acns) Reply-To: h...@nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin) Organization: You must be kidding! Distribution: usa Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1992 02:16:02 GMT Lines: 48 *** Final confirmation of the Linus fund *** I have now deposited the checks I received from various nice people to further send to Linus to help him pay off his PC and beer debts. Thus, I cannot take any further contributions, and will transfer the money to Linus account in Finland as soon as all checks have been cleared (my bank estimates 4-5 days for that). The list of all contributors is listed below. Please verify that your contribution is on there. If I did not send an e-mail verification, you either forgot to include your email address or the mail bounced. When I transfer the money I will post the total accounting, including my own contribution, wire transfer fee, and the exchange rate, so Linus can confirm he did receive the money. Thanks all contributors, now back to hacking! /Peter IF YOU SENT MONEY, AND YOUR NAME/ALIAS IS NOT ON THIS LIST, PLEASE EMAIL ME *IMMEDIATELY*. William Broadley $25 Philip Balister $50 Cameron Spitzer $35 Stephen Hill $40 Jeffrey Moore $100 Phil Anglin $50 James Lynch $50 Richard Almquist $10 John Montgomery $25 David Black $50 Mark Ng $100 Hisanori Noguchi $20 John White $50 Satish Chittamuru $50 Conway Yee $20 Charles Wilson $25 Anonymous: "Linus Rules" $20 Joel Hoffman $25 ------------------------------- TOTAL $745 -- INTERNET: h...@nwu.edu TALK: h...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu BITNET: HPA@NUACC IBMNET: 16331@IBMX400 HAM RADIO: N9ITP NeXTMAIL: h...@lenny.acns.nwu.edu "Kissing a smoker is like licking an ashtray." -- R. Heinlein