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Re: [qemu-web PATCH v2] Add Sponsors page
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Philippe Mathieu-Daudé |
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Re: [qemu-web PATCH v2] Add Sponsors page |
Date: |
Thu, 18 Nov 2021 15:07:57 +0100 |
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On 11/18/21 14:59, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 01:54:38PM +0100, Thomas Huth wrote:
>> On 18/11/2021 13.29, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>>> Add a page listing QEMU sponsors.
>>>
>>> For now, only mention Fosshost which requested to be listed:
>>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-06/msg05381.html
>> ...
>>> +QEMU has sponsors!
>>> +
>>> +For continuous integration and testing, hardware is provided by:
>>> +- [Fosshost](https://fosshost.org/)
>>
>> Are we finally using the server now? ... the last time I asked, it was just
>> idle and we talked about returning it?
>
> IMHO, whether we're currently using it or not is tangential.
>
> The sponsor has granted / reserved resources for QEMU, which can have
> a direct cost for them, and/or take away from what the can grant other
> projects. As such we should be creditting them for giving us this grant,
> even if we've not got around to using it.
>
> If we do decide to give up any particular resources, it is a quick patch
> to update this page again.
>
> My only suggestion would be that we don't explicitly state /what/ we're
> using the resource for, just that we've been granted it
>
> IOW say something more like
>
> [Fosshost](https://fosshost.org/) has provided QEMU
> access to a dedicated physical compute host.
>
> [Microsoft](https://microsoft.com) has provided QEMU
> with credits for use on Azure Cloud.
This sounds good to me. I will respin using your suggested
scheme.