All of the stuff I decided to sponsor (Ardour, GNU, Dawkins, Wikipedia, Jacob Colier...) I sponsored through Paypal. For the recipients getting 95% of the amount was still much better than getting nothing. I would still sponsor Lilypond development and have tried in the past but found it a lot harder than pushing a button and saying: Put x$ in this guy's account every month. Immanuel
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Michael Gerdau <m...@qata.de> wrote: > > I suggest David, or one of the other project owners set up a Paypal > > account that we can easily fire money off to from anywhere in the world, > > anonymously. > > Paypal ? > > I would NEVER pay via Paypal unless it would be absolutely crucial for > me and there were no other options. > > For once to my knowledge Paypal does take a huge amount of the paid > money. I've been told it is 1/3 on small amounts but that is only > hearsay, albeit I've been told this by a person to whom I once tried > to send money via Paypal. In the end we worked out something different. > > The other thing is payment definitely is NOT anonymously. > > Last not least at least in europe they try to escape normal banking > regulations by cherry picking their business site, evading national > legislation etc. > > Ever tried to sue Paypal from Germany because you felt they are doing > you wrong ? > Good luck - they are based in Luxembourg. You've got to sue them there. > > Paypal ? No, Never. > > Kind regards, > Michael > -- > Michael Gerdau email: m...@qata.de > GPG-keys available on request or at public keyserver > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > >
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