On Thursday 15 March 2007 15:14:17 Stuart Brorson wrote:
> > One really constructive way to donate would be to fund a student to
> > develop the feature(s) you want during their summer vacation.  CUED did
> > so for Peter C & myself last summer, and between us we managed some good
> > code clean-ups and found a number of crash bugs.
>
> Yes, your work was great and we are much the better for your
> participation!   Thank you again!
>
> You can always sign up for the Google Summer of Code!
>

Actually, I'm currently planning to spend the summer doing some research on 
nanoelectromechanical systems with one of my supervisors.  However, I hope to 
find some gEDA hacking time anyway!

<snip>

> For now, we are very grateful if an external organization, like
> Cambridge University or Google, pays somebody they select to work on
> gEDA.  However, the gEDA Project itself has neither the money nor the
> organizational structure to pay people.

And I wasn't suggesting they should.  Personally, I think that the money 
should be saved up for when the project really needs it (e.g. keeping SEUL 
running).

Cheers,

Peter


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