I support all of these suggestions. My own two cents: I would like to contribute monthly, but I'd personally prefer to contribute to the project as a whole or the core developers as a group, if possible. It seems like it could be helpful to set project-level finances up in the long run anyway, given things like web hosting expenses.
On Fri, Nov 9, 2018, 4:42 PM Karlin High <[email protected] wrote: > From recent thread: > > <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2018-11/msg00148.html> > > I was following the LilyPond community for quite a while before > realizing that financially supporting developers was a thing. The most > obvious pages on the website, "Sponsoring" and "Help us" say nothing > about it: > > <http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html> > > Lots of other websites have a "tip jar" for the site operator. How about > putting up some PayPal.Me links... > > <https://www.paypal.com/us/smarthelp/article/what-is-paypal.me-faq3025> > > ...for David Kastrup, Urs Liska, or other major contributors? Assuming > the contributors are open to the idea, and it fits with the way the > contributor and the community see their role in the project. > > I guess project-level donations would also be possible, but then there's > the whole issue of managing the funds, and maybe non-profit organization > compliance if using GNU's donation systems. Giving directly to > contributors seems simpler. > > I'm thinking such website changes would go through code review just like > anything else, giving the LilyPond community a chance to discuss what > contributors would get listed for financial support. > -- > Karlin High > Missouri, USA > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >
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