Dear LyX users,
As for all non paid work, the development of new feature exclusively
depends on the good will of the developers. But we acknowledge that
there are some features that are badly needed for some users; a new page
has been set up to answer this need: http://www.lyx.org/Donate
The donation web page will now list some projects with a potential
developer associated with it (only one for now). Each interested
developer would use his own PayPal account. He decides himself the
minimum amount of money to get the project started. Ideas for project
can be collected from bugzilla (search for enhancement request in
http://bugzilla.lyx.org) or from the wiki
(http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/FeaturePoll).
Therefore we ask you, the LyX user, to participate in the development of
one or more projects by sponsoring them or by motivating the company or
organisation you are working for to entirely or partially sponsor the
development of one or more projects. Here are the rules that will be
followed for this kind of development:
* All new development happens in trunk (what will become the next stable
version), there will be no exception for sponsored development.
Back-porting to an older version is of course possible but should happen
after.
* There are no special commit rules for sponsored development, the
source code will be evaluated just as any new code, and being sponsored
does not mean it has some 'right' to get in regardless of its merit.
This item needs to be clear to the involved developer and also to the
people or organisation paying for the development.
* Being sponsored does not mean that the project is reserved to the one
who is sponsored. Anybody is still free to do what he/she wants.
On behalf of the LyX developers,
Abdel.
