Am 27. März 2016 10:13:20 MESZ, schrieb tisimst <[email protected]>: >Andrew, > >On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 12:39 AM, N. Andrew Walsh [via Lilypond] < >[email protected]> wrote: > >> A side note: it seems to me that one of Abraham's root causes for >wanting >> to commercialize the substantial work he's done making engraving >fonts is >> his own financial situation. >> > >You have understood the situation correctly! > > >> If this is the case, it might be worth considering some of the >> crowd-funding mechanisms that support development work. For example, >though >> I've never used it before, Patreon ( www.patreon.com) allows groups >to >> fund developers with a monthly contribution. One or two people >chipping in >> might not amount to much, but a whole lot of people chipping in a bit >might >> indeed make up a substantial supplementary income. (one of my >favorite game >> mods is funded this way, netting the developer about €1k a month). >> >> My concern is that trying to build an income by commercializing fonts >that >> have already been out in the wild for a while seems problematic both >from >> the side of its viability as a business venture and from the >licensing side >> (as well as the social side of a community that's been freely using a >> resource that now looks to become somewhat less free). Abraham, is >this an >> option that you've considered? >> >> On the purely abstract level, I'm much more in favor of working from >> patronage rather than sales and licensing. >> > >I'm really glad you brought this up. To be quite honest, I have >considered >it and I continue to wrestle with the idea. I am definitely willing to >consider this. That way, I can technically continue to offer the fonts >freely and the regular patronage covers any continued development as >well >as user support. In fact, I'd much rather do this if I can feel find a >crowd-funding service that I feel good about. I have considered Patreon >before, but before I jump into that, does anyone else have any other >suggestion? If anyone has first-hand experiences with crowd-funding, I >would appreciate hearing from you.
You had this "Donate" button online. Did this generate *anything*? > >Best, >Abraham > > > > >-- >View this message in context: >http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Fonts-from-the-former-fonts-openlilylib-org-tp188991p189023.html >Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >lilypond-user mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user -- Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Android-Mobiltelefon mit K-9 Mail gesendet. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
