On 28 February 2014 16:31, Raphael Bircher <rbirc...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi Don > > Am 28.02.2014 um 15:46 schrieb Donald Whytock: > > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Raphael Bircher <rbirc...@apache.org > >wrote: > > > >> Hi at all > >> > >> We allready talked about crowdfunding and generaly agree, that this will > >> be a good idea. I will start at the next time a p'roject at a > crowdfunding > >> platform to rise money for a LTS Version for 4.0.2. So we can still > support > >> Mac OS X 10.6 downward. I plane to back port security fixes and really > >> important bug fixes. The costs will be about $2000. This just for > >> information. > >> > >> The big question is, how we handle such projects? My proposal: > >> > >> - Create a site with open / in programming / finished crowd funding > >> projects. > >> - Make a blog about it if the organizer whish that. > >> Other Ideas? > >> > > > > These crowdfunding activities would not be official acts of AOO or > Apache, > > right? Since (my understanding is) Apache doesn't support targeted > > donations or paid development? > > exactly > > > > > If they're outside/independent acts, wouldn't they be, for all practical > > purposes, a subclass of third-party support vendors? > > You can see it like this, yes. But mainly for the start, it's important > too have some help. It is a taff job anyway, to get money for AOO > development. But this is also important for the ecosystem. And caring about > the ecosystem is a very important job at Apache. > your reply was in parallel with my reply. Any person/committer can help with these matters (I f.x. would like to help), but ASF as such cannot be involved. meaning, such a site: - cannot be hosted on ASF hardware, - have a domain name that ends in apache.org since that would indicate an official endorsement by ASF. rgds jan I. > The founding etc. is ofcourse outside ASF. The works flows maybe back to > the project. > > Greetings Raphael > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
