On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 8:36 AM, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > The amazing thing is rather that in the last three months, my finances > have not taken a further dive and this looks like it _could_ end up > sustainable.
That's good news! I was afraid that this month would be a problem. > I am not saying that I consider this unethical: that would be a stretch. > The source is available under the GPL. And the developer has a target > of US$54k per year, $4500 per month, and comes close. That's not really > excessive, and Ardour is a large application, and Paul Davis _does_ the > bulk of the design. And his way of addressing contributors has a chance > to address a lot of otherwise passive users for small contributions. > > Which is where I would like to head eventually. Just not in that > manner. When the money donated to you will come close to exceeding your needs, we could indeed think about some kind of organised funding. Two simple ideas: - public sponsorship: everyone that donates more than $x is listed on the website - paid support: in addition to already great support on -user, we could provide guaranteed support (e.g. within 2-3 days of question) for $x/month - if we find people interested in providing such support, of course. cheers, Janek _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
