Re: [linux-audio-dev] donations or sponsoring?

2007-02-06 Thread Tim Blechmann
(i find it a bit hard to follow this thread, if it's split to lad and lau, _please_ stick to one list) On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 11:58 -0500, nick thomas wrote: > On 2/6/07, Leonard Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As an open source developer, how are you going to sustain and finance > > ongoing

Re: [linux-audio-dev] donations or sponsoring?

2007-02-06 Thread nick thomas
On 2/6/07, Leonard Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As an open source developer, how are you going to sustain and finance ongoing development? Here's an excellent list of many ways to make money to fund an open source project: http://tinyurl.com/6w68a Most of them are more applicable to rela

Re: [linux-audio-dev] donations or sponsoring?

2007-02-06 Thread Leonard Ritter
On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 12:58 +0100, Robin Gareus wrote: > great goodness of heart and an ex-employer who lets you "keep the keys" > - minimizing unnecessary accessories (shaving-kit, vacuum-cleaner, etc) > helps a lot ;-) yes. > open-source coding is an Art not an Industry. - unless you want to se

Re: [linux-audio-dev] donations or sponsoring?

2007-02-06 Thread Robin Gareus
Leonard Ritter wrote: > How is a beginning open source project funded, usually? great goodness of heart and an ex-employer who lets you "keep the keys" - minimizing unnecessary accessories (shaving-kit, vacuum-cleaner, etc) helps a lot ;-) open-source coding is an Art not an Industry. - unless

Re: [linux-audio-dev] donations or sponsoring?

2007-02-06 Thread Richard Spindler
2007/2/6, Leonard Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: from http://www.leonard-ritter.com/donations_or_sponsoring I keep bouncing an idea in my head, thinking about how to strengthen the bonding between open source software developers and software users. Hi, a lot of interesting thoughts, and since i'

[linux-audio-dev] donations or sponsoring?

2007-02-05 Thread Leonard Ritter
from http://www.leonard-ritter.com/donations_or_sponsoring I keep bouncing an idea in my head, thinking about how to strengthen the bonding between open source software developers and software users. How is a beginning open source project funded, usually? Most of the time not at all. The site fe