On 5 June 2010 15:41, Camille Bissuel <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, ok, let's discuss it... To active contributors in LG projects : > - Do you find this LGA project useful, and why ?
I hope that it will make running LGM every year more smooth, especially financially. I hope to use LGA as a destination to direct fund raising efforts towards in the same way I have persuaded TUG.org to run a "Libre Font Fund" - https://www.tug.org/fonts/librefontfund.html . TUG is wonderful, but, it is US centric and being tied too closely to one (typo)graphics application isn't ideal from a brand perspective. I could set up a "Libre Font Foundation," but since fonts only make sense when used in other graphics applications, being part of LGA makes more sense to me. It share the costs of administration, and the shared brand will help to bring attention from font people to libre graphics tools, and from libre graphics people to libre fonts. I can dream that, if I raised enough funds for libre fonts, LGA could hire type designers to work on libre fonts fulltime for some period. I have spoken to many libre font designers and proprietary professionals about prices, and it doesn't seem impossible. I hope that the LGA would provide a brand and a business network to aid the publication of libre licensed books and DVDs about libre graphics applications; that would be one way of fund raising. Similarly, a brand and business network for certification and training events. > - How would it be useful for you on a daily basis ? Daily seems a bit much, monthly seems more appropriate. _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
