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1. Bradley M. Kuhn Richard Fontana

   @fontana, I've worked w/ professional grant writers before. No one in the profession knows how to pitch Free Software to grant-makers yet.

   Sunday, 13-Nov-11 16:49:31 UTC from web
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Software Freedom Conservancy

     *Sigh* #NSF tech funding: $500k == "small" grant. If only I could communicate how much great FLOSS code !Conservancy'd get written for that.

     Saturday, 12-Nov-11 20:45:02 UTC
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   • Daniel Devine

     The conservancy would totally deserve it too...

     Sunday, 13-Nov-11 00:30:37 UTC
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     Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

     Would I be right in guessing that even advocates such as yourself don't know how to pitch it, simply because the people…

     Sunday, 13-Nov-11 19:58:17 UTC
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     Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) Software Freedom Conservancy , karen sandler

     Thinking about what you and @kaz said in an episode long ago about the difficulties of explaining to federal authoritie…

     Sunday, 13-Nov-11 19:58:24 UTC
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     Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) karen sandler

     Thinking about what you and @kaz said in an episode long ago about the difficulties of explaining to federal authoritie…

     Sunday, 13-Nov-11 19:58:53 UTC
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     Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

     What I mean is that nobody, professional or not, may have found the right buttons to push to make grant-makers respond favourably.

     Sunday, 13-Nov-11 20:00:11 UTC