On 04/26/16 20:28, Luke wrote: > Hello, > It has come to my attention that some of our developers are now working > full-time on Parabola (and not getting paid enough to even pay the bills!). > We should come up with a plan to give these hard workers a minimum > living wage. The only way I see this possible will be a weekly or > monthly giving program, the other options such as KickStarter or > IndieGogo are not sustainable on the long-term. > > As such, I think we should reach a consensus on a good monthly giving > platform to use for the project, and how the money will be distributed. > > I think that the core developers that are working full-time should be > paid a reasonable living wage amount for their efforts, and any excess > could be given as bounty to part-time volunteers for fixing complex > bugs, and/or to help grow the much needed infrastructure. > > In any case, here are the available platforms that are: a) > Libre/OpenSource and b) Monthly or weekly payments options to encourage > continued sustainable donations: > > * GratiPay - https://gratipay.com/ > * Liberapay - https://liberapay.com/ (Better I think, since it includes > Team payment) > > Others/non-free: Patreon, do nxt, etc. > > Taxes etc. would need to be handled by Ceate, but I don't think that > will be an issue since we already have a good relationship with them for > our current donations. > > Thoughts? > > Luke
I am a simple working class support tech, but I've been thinking about y'all and will sign on as a monthly donor if an easy way to make recurring contributions like one of these is implemented. Not as a donor to any particular person (that feels awkward), but to the team / Parabola project. Also, cheers for seeking an alternative to Paypal. If it wasn't for ~~Paypal~~ PayENEMY, Neo900's funds wouldn't have been frozen. I am sorry that the Parabola devs are going through a hardship. What is most of the full time spent on? Could any part of it be automated? IngeGNUe _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.parabola.nu/mailman/listinfo/dev
