Yes, i agree with Dag. Handshake's donation does seem to have been a historical congratulations type thing more than anything else, so certainly Krita deserves a chunk of this.
On Wednesday, 17 October 2018 09:31:54 BST Dag wrote: > Imho, a good idea. Does not seem krita gets anything directly, maybe > because it is considdered part of calligra. > > --- > Cheers, > > Dag > > Jaroslaw Staniek skrev den 2018-10-16 18:06: > > Dear Calligra contributors, > > Congratulations again on the donation [1] and big thanks to the > > Handshake Foundation for recognizing Calligra! > > > > tl;dr: I'd like to propose that 10% of the sum goes to support Krita. > > > > Introduction > > > > As person helping with completing the donation process I'd like to > > repeat the fact that Calligra was recognized by the Handshake > > Foundation as an organization having specific achievements in the FOSS > > world. The Foundation decided to offer the donation unconditionally > > and independently of the KDE's one. > > > > Unlike other "Office" projects Calligra has no dedicated foundation so > > the solution was to join KDE e.V. on the task around the bookkeeping > > and related matters and to ensure transparency. It also felt most > > natural since we're KDE. So there was no decision of the KDE board or > > KDE community to split the one fund to Calligra and the rest of KDE, > > there are two funds. > > > > Details > > > > Now that we're around next, harder step, I'd like to share my position > > that addresses possible question of the contributors and fans: what > > with supporting Krita? > > > > Based on what I learned from the donor the funding is based on > > recognition for the *entire* history of KOffice/Calligra so Krita > > being important member of our family, not only can but *should* be > > included i nthe support. Krita has been on the same level of > > organization as other Calligra applications until 2.9 version [2]. > > There were 10 visible Calligra apps, not counting variations of apps > > like mobile or Active and the Office Engine. So I'd like to propose > > that 10% of the sum goes to support Krita, formally the Krita > > Foundation. > > > > Assertions > > > > This is my idea, without any requests from the Krita side. And for my > > understanding the idea does not limit possibility of Krita or current > > Calligra to benefit from the "KDE" donation, especially indirectly, > > e.g. through the shared infrastructure and common development > > programs. > > > > Common sense suggest me reasonable requirement for supporting Calligra > > sub-projects: they needs to be active (have relatively recent > > releases) with potential to growth, and activity should be > > sufficiently independent of existence of the attractive funding that > > was received. I think Krita meets these requirements. > > > > [1] > > https://dot.kde.org/2018/10/15/kde-ev-receives-sizeable-donation-handshake > > -foundation [2] https://www.calligra.org/krita > > -- > > > > regards, Jaroslaw Staniek > > > > KDE: > > : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, > > > > translators > > > > : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - > > > > http://kde.org > > > > KEXI: > > : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi > > : > > http://twitter.com/kexi_project https://facebook.com/kexi.project > > > > Qt Certified Specialist: > > : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek -- ..dan / leinir.. http://leinir.dk/