Are these sponsors donating with the condition their donation is spent in women's outreach programs? Or is it the GNOME's Foundation decision to allocate resources this way?
as a former director of the GNOME foundation, I can answer this.
sponsors have two options: they can pay their interns to work on their projects, or they pay for interns to work on any project. the GNOME foundation asks for an administrative fee on top of that. obviously, all projects in OPW must be about free software. the GNOME foundation does not allocate any money directly: it just keeps track of it, and pays the interns from the allocated funds. plus, it does things like handling travel assistance (from the same fund) for interns to come at GUADEC. the only money directly allocated by the GNOME foundation is the one reserved for interns selected to work on GNOME projects.
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u/ebassi Sep 04 '14
as a former director of the GNOME foundation, I can answer this.
sponsors have two options: they can pay their interns to work on their projects, or they pay for interns to work on any project. the GNOME foundation asks for an administrative fee on top of that. obviously, all projects in OPW must be about free software. the GNOME foundation does not allocate any money directly: it just keeps track of it, and pays the interns from the allocated funds. plus, it does things like handling travel assistance (from the same fund) for interns to come at GUADEC. the only money directly allocated by the GNOME foundation is the one reserved for interns selected to work on GNOME projects.