Re: Donations Links

Theo de Raadt schrieb:
>> I wonder why you use the nofollow argument on your List of Donations 
>> page, getting a link from a page with a high PR is a nice benefit and I 
>> have no idea why you are not granting this (free) bonus to your donators.
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> Because donations may not appear to be business transactions, for the
> tax laws that we operate under.
>   
OK, so why do you even mention your donors in this case? This in itself 
can be seen as a reward or return for the donation.

>   
>> It is fully understandable that a Wiki or any other web page that shows 
>> user-created content is using nofollow to render this page useless to 
>> wiki spammers (despite the ongoing debate regarding this topic), but on 
>> a "Donations" list page? C'mon!
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> We also do not see the benefit of trading our high page rank for a
> handful of one-time $10 donations.
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You could do that for donations from 1000 USD and up, if you want.
> Sorry.  Not going to change this policy.  Can't.  Tax laws.
>   
Thank you,

Best Regards,
Heiko