On 12/03/2016 03:01 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 03, 2016 at 04:49:19PM -0500, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:
>> No matter what terms you use, Google uses Gentoo to build products it makes 
>> money off. In that sense I think it could give back allot. If not in 
>> donations, resources (tinderbox), etc.
> Here's the financial parts of what Google has given us, that I can
> quantify. It DOESN'T include anything of the 20% time that might have
> been used in Gentoo's favour [some past Google-employed developers have
> specifically said they were spending Friday afternoons doing Gentoo
> dev], or paid Gentoo stuff that overlapped their actual job needs
> (ChromeOS-related).
> 
> Non-GSOC:
> ---------
> 2011: Google donated brand-new Dell servers, that with their volume
> discount, had an invoice price of $4331.60, and a Dell list price over
> $6k. Those servers are hosted at OSUOSL, and are still in active use
> (dipper, blackcap). 
> Net Subtotal: $4,331.60
> 
> GSOC:
> -----
> Gross Payments
> (including reimbursement for mentor summit travel expenses)
> 2009:  $5,151.59
> 2006:  $7,000.00
> 2007:  $4,500.00
> 2008:  $3,000.00
> 2010: $11,001.25
> 2011:  $9,891.77
> 2012:  $7,000.00
> 2013:      $0.00 [1]
> 2014:  $4,200.00
> 2015:      $0.00 - did not participate
> 2016:  $4,700.00 [2] 
> Gross Subtotal: $56,444.61
> Less reimbursed travel expenses: $9,852.02
> Net Subtotal: $46,592.59
> 
> ----------------
> Net Total: $50,924.19
> ----------------
> 
> [1] 
> - Details in bug 488142. Not locked, no personal information in it
>   (other year GSOC bugs are locked due to containing mentor personal
>   information).
> - No record could be found for a 2013 invoice, in our bank records OR
>   Google's invoice archive [MANY thanks to Antarus and the Google
>   accounting department who did pull all historical invoices submitted
>   by Gentoo].
> - presumed we did not submit before the deadline and thus forfeited the
>   payment & reimbursement.
> - Net Amount if we had filed: $2591.55
> -- 6 students * $500/student: $3000
> -- Less $2608.45 in actual travel expenses (max $2200 reimbursement)
> - Net for non-filing: $-2608.45
> - NOT included in reimbursement subtotal above.
> 
> [2] Invoice submitted 2012/11/29, payment NET30 period ends 2016/12/29
> 
I just wanted to point this e-mail out and thank you for the effort
spent to share information like this. This is a great step, and once we
get the books in order, sharing this information using automated means
could get us part of the way to 501(c)3 status.

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Daniel Campbell - Gentoo Developer
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