FreeBSD problems/solutions: voting system & marketing surveys

[perryh at pluto.rain.com]

> ... it's my understanding that there are significant legal
> issues which prevent the Foundation from acting in this way
> (taking targetted donations, acting as an escrow party on
> specific bounties).

If the problems are purely legal, there is likely a solution --
provided there is a willingness to look for it.

Worst case, e.g. if the problem is a fundamental incompatibility
with the Foundation's 501c3 status rather than merely a reluctance
to undertake the necessary bookkeeping and other administrative
tasks, it might be necessary to set up a separate legal entity to
undertake those activities.  FreeBSD would hardly be the first
501c3 entity to use that approach.