PS: Regarding this sentence, I'm not sure what "the reference software" means -- do you mean it's the most widely used Gregorian chant software? "It is 100% free (GPLv3) and currently the reference software, with the best rendering."
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Innocent Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Élie, > > I'm very happy about this development. Two small suggestions: > > 1) Add a few images of chant scores produced by Gregorio (you're welcome > to use any of mine that I've sent you if you like) and links to > http://home.gna.org/gregorio/ and > http://www.gregoriochant.org/dokuwiki/doku.php -- this way if someone > comes to the site who isn't already familiar with Gregorio they can have a > better sense of what they'd be supporting. > > 2) Add a little more biographical information about yourself, as well as > an email address > > I hope this is a successful fundraising project! I'll be happy to send > emails to a few bloggers etc. who might be willing to help spread the word > once it goes live. > > yours, > > bro Innocent > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Élie Roux <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> First, I'm sorry for my lack of involvement during the last few month, >> there were personal and professional reasons for that, but it will >> certainly change soon. I'm sorry also for not having taken time to take >> care of the mess created by the shifting of character numbers... >> >> The most important news is that I my quite old wish to make a >> fundraising campaign to be able to work on Gregorio full-time has >> finally come true: I was contacted by people at >> http://funding.openinitiative.com/, and they proposed to integrate >> Gregorio to a fund raising campaign that will start tomorrow, along with >> a few other projects. Here is the page dedicated to Gregorio: >> >> http://funding.openinitiative.com/funding/2017 >> >> I've calculated the prices by applying a relatively cheap hourly rate, >> and including a contribution I already received for Ancient notation >> implementation. The campaign starts tomorrow, and I have to admit that >> I've done it a bit in a hurry. Please tell me what you think about it, >> even if it's negative. >> >> Also, there is an idea I got and I don't really know how it's possible >> that I haven't got it before: I'm thinking about setting up a server >> with \BlueLaTeX or ShareLaTeX software, but with a working Gregorio >> installation... As it is something I'll have to maintain, I don't think >> it would be free, but it wouldn't be more than around 5€ per month... >> What do you think about this idea? >> >> Finally, just for developers: I'm currently building >> https://github.com/gregorio-project/gregorio >> that will be the new code repository. Svn is really prehistorical >> compared to git, and I admit it's very difficult to use it for me now >> that I'm used to git. I believe it will be one less obstacle for more >> involvement on my side. >> >> Thank you, >> -- >> Elie >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gregorio-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/gregorio-users >> > >
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