Re: [Gimp-developer] using the GIMP donations

2007-11-23 Thread Robert Krawitz
From: Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:37:31 +0100 On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 18:12 +0100, Martin Nordholts wrote: > But I still can't see why it would be a bad thing to allow donors to > donate money to specific features and what legal problems that would >

Re: [Gimp-developer] using the GIMP donations

2007-11-23 Thread Ville Pätsi
On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 07:58:03AM +0100, Martin Nordholts wrote: > For quite some time I have thought about setting up a system that would > allow donors to donate money to a specific feature, e.g. donate money to > implement a Polygonal Selection Tool. The money in this Polygonal > Selection Tool

Re: [Gimp-developer] using the GIMP donations

2007-11-22 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 18:12 +0100, Martin Nordholts wrote: > But I still can't see why it would be a bad thing to allow donors to > donate money to specific features and what legal problems that would > then arise. What would be the advantage if we allowed it? I can only see disadvantages if

Re: [Gimp-developer] using the GIMP donations

2007-11-22 Thread saulgoode
> Martin Nordholts wrote: > > But I still can't see why it would be a bad thing to allow donors to > donate money to specific features and what legal problems that would > then arise. > > The administrative overhead would fall on me to the extent possible, and > as long as patches are GPL and taxes

Re: [Gimp-developer] using the GIMP donations

2007-11-22 Thread William Skaggs
From: Martin Nordholts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >The administrative overhead would fall on me to the extent possible, and >as long as patches are GPL and taxes etc are handled, what legal >problems would there be? Maybe these problems are bigger than I >currently see The problems are bigger than you

Re: [Gimp-developer] using the GIMP donations

2007-11-22 Thread Martin Nordholts
Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 07:58 +0100, Martin Nordholts wrote: > >> For quite some time I have thought about setting up a system that would >> allow donors to donate money to a specific feature, e.g. donate money to >> implement a Polygonal Selection Tool. The money in t

Re: [Gimp-developer] using the GIMP donations

2007-11-22 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Nov 22, 2007 9:58 AM, Martin Nordholts wrote: > For quite some time I have thought about setting up a system that would > allow donors to donate money to a specific feature, e.g. donate money to > implement a Polygonal Selection Tool. The money in this Polygonal > Selection Tool Pool would even

Re: [Gimp-developer] using the GIMP donations

2007-11-21 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 07:58 +0100, Martin Nordholts wrote: > For quite some time I have thought about setting up a system that would > allow donors to donate money to a specific feature, e.g. donate money to > implement a Polygonal Selection Tool. The money in this Polygonal > Selection Tool

Re: [Gimp-developer] using the GIMP donations

2007-11-21 Thread Martin Nordholts
Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > the GIMP project has a steady flow of donations coming in. Not much, but > the amount has increased since the 2.4 release was made and since the > gimp.org website features the "Make a Donation" button more prominently. > > Until now we have spent this money mainly o

Re: [Gimp-developer] using the GIMP donations

2007-11-20 Thread Patrick
Hi Everyone I am not much of a programmer yet. I just sit in the background watching you folks I sell used laboratory equipment. I am always scanning the auctions looking for liquidated equipment to buy. There are often I.T auctions too. If you wanted me to watch for a server and report ba

Re: [Gimp-developer] using the GIMP donations

2007-11-20 Thread Sven Neumann
On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 00:13 +0100, Sven Neumann wrote: > Until now we have spent this money mainly on the annual GIMP developers > conference which has taken place at the Library Graphics Meeting in the That should have read "Libre

[Gimp-developer] using the GIMP donations

2007-11-20 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, the GIMP project has a steady flow of donations coming in. Not much, but the amount has increased since the 2.4 release was made and since the gimp.org website features the "Make a Donation" button more prominently. Until now we have spent this money mainly on the annual GIMP developers confe