I must say this is a very sad thread and sad story. I think it's serious, as it shades bad lights on this community (and these are words I'm collacting from collegues in these hours). Anyway, as Barry, I think this can be a lesson that sponsorhip needs a stronger legal ground, and the community should consider setting up a common way to deal with these situations. Maybe a commonly defined kind of contract? Maybe have a reference lawyer? Words remain words, thay have poor legal effects, while they have great effect on people and companies following this ml...
giovanni 2010/2/8 Greg Coats <gregco...@mac.com>: > Thank you. > Qgis is the only organization, and Paolo is the only person I have had any > problem with donating money. > > WHY DID NOT PAOLO SIMPLY MAKE A WORKING QGIS AVAILABLE FOR LINUX USERS BACK > ON 23 JAN 2010? > Why, 17 days later, can't Paolo answer that question? > Why instead does Paolo write dozens of emails, that accomplish nothing good? > > If the executables had been made availabled by 31 Jan 2010, then Qgis would > have gotten $1,000.00. > Another Qgis user wrote to me saying Paolo told him to donate money for a bug > fix in advance, and then hope it gets fixed at an unspecified time, months in > the future. In the USA, payment for something to be fixed, is made only after > the fix is delivered, never before. > > On Feb 8, 2010, at 11:44 AM, Barry Rowlingson wrote: > >> So I think Greg can keep his money, we can all hiss and boo at him, >> but it's a lesson learned. > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
