Sorry to hear about your situation, David... It seems only a handful of counties are not facing economic crises.
Since the Lilypond community is so international, I guess it is hard to donate towards euro-based countries (because of monetary conversion). I'd be only able to donate monthly 25 euros due to economic disparities between Brazilian reais and euro... Lilypond users in the global north wouldn't face the monetary conversion problem. They can be of great help... Em ter., 26 de mai. de 2026, 10:57, David Kastrup <[email protected]> escreveu: > Kieren MacMillan <[email protected]> writes: > > > Hi David (et al.), > > > >> Would there be enough people willing to commit to regular payments at a > >> sustainable scale again that there is a point in me turning to work here > > > > I’m willing to dedicate a small amount regularly for the foreseeable > future. > > Hopefully there are “enough” of us, however many that means for you. > > Well, my reserves are such that it is not really about how many but how > much. If we are talking about a monthly €20, it would require 50 people > to essentially tread water financially (meaning that there won't be > anything left at the end of the month even if I choose carefully what to > eat). More realistically 60. The gist is that with free software, it > is tricky to reach enough people to make this kind of thing work with > what amounts to micropayments. Even if there are actually ten thousands > of users profiting. > > Which means that anything that has a chance of working will be unfair. > > -- > David Kastrup > >
