On Saturday, 30 November 2013 at 23:13:05 UTC, Nick wrote:
On Saturday, 30 November 2013 at 15:22:13 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
Seeing how much we raised for DConf last year through
kickstarter, I
wonder if it might be possible to use kickstarter to raise
funds for
hiring a team of developers to work full-time on D?
Even as a student, I'd be happy to throw money at D, if someone
could give me a good reason to. I really want to see D succeed.
I'm just not rich enough to be putting $20 bounties up on
(multiple) individual bugs.
I like the idea of a Kickstarter, if it could be done
effectively. It would need some planning out.
The D decision makers would have to decide what would work best,
but setting up a non-profit organisation, and using that to raise
funds is the standard model, and is known to work. I can
contribute a small amount each month, and I'm sure other D
enthusiasts could do the same. 170 sponsors contributing an
average of $50 a month would pay for 1 full time developer and
$50/hr at 38 hrs/wk.
As for a good reason, the success of D is that reason. As I
mentioned in an earlier post, all successful projects (AFAIK)
have financial backing, and projects that rely purely on
volunteer efforts tend to die of asphyxiation.
Regards
Jason
