On 1 December 2013 10:54, Jason den Dulk <publ...@jasondendulk.com> wrote:
> On Saturday, 30 November 2013 at 23:13:05 UTC, Nick wrote: > >> On Saturday, 30 November 2013 at 15:22:13 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote: >> >>> Seeing how much we raised for DConf last year through kickstarter, I >>> wonder if it might be possible to use kickstarter to raise funds for >>> hiring a team of developers to work full-time on D? >>> >> >> Even as a student, I'd be happy to throw money at D, if someone could >> give me a good reason to. I really want to see D succeed. I'm just not rich >> enough to be putting $20 bounties up on (multiple) individual bugs. >> >> I like the idea of a Kickstarter, if it could be done effectively. It >> would need some planning out. >> > > The D decision makers would have to decide what would work best, but > setting up a non-profit organisation, and using that to raise funds is the > standard model, and is known to work. I can contribute a small amount each > month, and I'm sure other D enthusiasts could do the same. 170 sponsors > contributing an average of $50 a month would pay for 1 full time developer > and $50/hr at 38 hrs/wk. > I wonder what that would do to the existing contributors though? I have a suspicion that guys like Kenji and Daniel Murphy already spend something close to 'full time' hours on D voluntarily.
