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Jigsaw Renaissance, which Willow helped found, is one of the lists
I'm on that has had an active discussion of the DoD funding. I don't
know if I'd say they are pimping it but it is definitely being
discussed (on more than one side) by members.<br>
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Al<br>
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On 11/29/11 10:16 PM, Jacob Rosenthal wrote:
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cite="mid:CAJvmB2uyw0-yYWD6jhEwYNR+pDip=eXqnSJQUuL9aVdtOYd2ig@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Willow (and separately Space Fed?) seem to be pimping
it as well<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Al
Jigen Billings <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:albill@openbuddha.com">albill@openbuddha.com</a>></span>
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<div class="im">On 11/29/11 10:10 PM, Justis Peters wrote:<br>
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On 11/30/2011 12:44 AM, Al Jigen Billings wrote:<br>
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I'm also on the e-mail lists for a number of other
hackerspaces and this is a debate, on small scale, that
many of them are having on their own. The DoD money is
being discussed quite a bit. So far, I think everyone
has made pretty much the same observations that I've
made here and decided it was money best left on the
table. Maybe you and your space feel different but I
know of no one who has actually applied for the DoD
money.<br>
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This finally makes more sense. Prior to this comment, I
did not understand where you got the idea that any
hackerspace was considering taking money from the DoD.
Nobody on this list had suggested it.<br>
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Our space has not been approached by the DoD or DARPA and
I doubt that we would take money from them. All our
funding thus far has been from individuals donations and
membership dues. We enjoy the autonomy that is afforded to
us by that model.<br>
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As far as I know, no one has been approached personally. That
said, the DoD has put it out there. It has been blogged and
tweeted about (I recall something in one of the Wired blogs,
something on Adafruit's blog, and similar) so people are aware
of it and discussing it.<span class="HOEnZb"><font
color="#888888"><br>
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Al</font></span><br>
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