It seems like a useful idea, though I’ve only looked at it quickly and without legal sophistication.
Michael Barton School of Human Evolution &Social Change Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity Arizona State University ...Sent from my iPad > On May 31, 2020, at 7:56 AM, Markus Neteler <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi PSC, > >> On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 3:10 PM Moritz Lennert >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 25/05/20 15:02, Moritz Lennert wrote: >>> On 25/05/20 11:12, Markus Neteler wrote: >>>> Hi PSC, >>>> >>>> Potentially interesting for us as well! Any opinions? >>> >>> Looks good after a rapid look. >>> >>> I don't understand whether the limitation to some regions [1] concerns >>> the organisations receiving the sponsoring, or the people who sponsor. >>> We did receive some donations from outside that list. > > I have no idea... > > BTW, there is a parallel discussion in the board list: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osgeo.org_pipermail_board_2020-2DMay_thread.html-2312678&d=DwIGaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ&r=lk-7X7CEOMDN8GaGVhiDsuO6gEp1wbG6nfT1XEEEtR0&m=6BesDw1HLXmUiBnK7xfaLzmut1JR4tHDfdlc6YU_yrk&s=gNlYMsm7rHUi5uxbRw9p38U6EeTxV__fMFCTi-jL1d8&e= > > > OSGeo applied as an organization and is now in the waiting list. > >>> The advantage would be to really make this into a GRASS sponsorship >>> account, instead of going through a money pool linked to my personal >>> PayPal account as currently. > > Yes, that would be definitely a good idea. > > Markus > > >>> Moritz >>> >>> [1] >>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_sponsors-23countries&d=DwIGaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ&r=lk-7X7CEOMDN8GaGVhiDsuO6gEp1wbG6nfT1XEEEtR0&m=6BesDw1HLXmUiBnK7xfaLzmut1JR4tHDfdlc6YU_yrk&s=IzaQ9W6liJmEz-6OF8OTJnzqOQD9lLbba5OkCgjgu_o&e= >>> >> >> Hmmh, just read some more here [2] where it says: >> >> "Anyone with a GitHub account can sponsor anyone with a sponsored >> developer profile or sponsored organization profile through a recurring >> monthly payment." >> >> So, that means that only people on github can sponsor ? And that >> sponsorship necessarily means a "recurring monthly payment" ? If any of >> those two are true, then I think this would be a possible complement to, >> not a replacement of our current PayPal money pool. >> >> Moritz >> >> >> [2] >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__help.github.com_en_github_supporting-2Dthe-2Dopen-2Dsource-2Dcommunity-2Dwith-2Dgithub-2Dsponsors_about-2Dgithub-2Dsponsors&d=DwIGaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ&r=lk-7X7CEOMDN8GaGVhiDsuO6gEp1wbG6nfT1XEEEtR0&m=6BesDw1HLXmUiBnK7xfaLzmut1JR4tHDfdlc6YU_yrk&s=8B5WgkdxHD13iKKZPKvKUNbrKRg1swoPWX2FUe8-YNU&e= >> > _______________________________________________ > grass-psc mailing list > [email protected] > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osgeo.org_mailman_listinfo_grass-2Dpsc&d=DwIGaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ&r=lk-7X7CEOMDN8GaGVhiDsuO6gEp1wbG6nfT1XEEEtR0&m=6BesDw1HLXmUiBnK7xfaLzmut1JR4tHDfdlc6YU_yrk&s=rBs_6XdVIWE2MLriqBZ-vC3c5mD6RcLpAX2dM2ldeF8&e= _______________________________________________ grass-psc mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-psc
