Alberto Simões <[email protected]> writes: > Hi > > On 24/03/13 14:55, David Kastrup wrote: >> Well, I am somewhat unhappy with that focus on the pricing of Finale as >> my own work is being funded by LilyPond users who are typically paying >> somewhat more to substantially more than the "Finale tax" would entail. >> >> For them, the important difference obviously is not that Finale costs >> money to use. On the one hand, they get quite more in return for their >> payment than the right to run a single copy. On the other hand, >> everybody else gets the same, without paying. > > Given I use lilypond a lot for my own websites (that are also free > work, but whatever) I went to lilypond website to check if there was > an easy way to donate, but it only contains information about > "exchanging money with features".
The community/sponsoring page has its main focus there, but in the "personals" listing below it is mentioned that I'm working on LilyPond proper in return for getting funded. Maybe this needs to be put in more clearly. > Shouldn't a simplified "donate" button be placed somewhere in the > website? At some point of time, it might be worth reconsidering. We did not do so in the past because a) having an official entity "LilyPond" receiving money means that we need to bother about taxes, accountability, distribution rules etc b) so far, I'm pretty much the only one supporting himself on LilyPond core development, and it does not seem really likely that we arrive at the possibility of making a living for more than one soonish. And if we do, it will be a real puzzler how to manage distribution. As long as we have just personal payments, everyone contributing money retains the freedom to decide where he wants it to go. c) by far the most work done on LilyPond is done without money changing hands. While I am currently the most prolific contributor of code (and likely mails), it makes up only a minor portion of the totals. There were a lot of concerns that if we have one "LilyPond" pot and it basically goes to one person, that this will demotivate more contributors than what we could hope to gain. So finding a solution doing every concern justice is not easy. On the other hand, keeping the possibility of contributing monetarily to my continuing work on LilyPond overly secret appears unfair to those who actually contribute since they might be carrying a higher load than necessary if we got out the information more clearly. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
