Re: LoMus 2012

2012-05-21 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Jan Nieuwenhuizen writes: >> Hope they get their act together eventually, since this is definitely >> nice promotion material. > > /me too; please update when there's a website with info available. > I haven't seen anything besides > > https://twitter.com/#!/kyojindo/status/200967005380165633

Re: LoMus 2012

2012-05-13 Thread Trevor Bača
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 6:17 AM, m...@mikesolomon.org wrote: > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Thierry Coduys > *Subject: **LoMus 2012* > *Date: *12 mai 2012 12:15:03 HAEC > *To: *m...@mikesolomon.org > > Dear Mike, > > The jury wishes to congratulate yo

Re: LoMus 2012

2012-05-13 Thread Trevor Daniels
m...@mikesolomon.org From: Thierry Coduys The jury wishes to congratulate you on your LilyPond open source software, that won the First Prize at the LoMus 2012 contest. A cheque or bank transfer of 2000 € will be sent to you by the AFIM w00t! Mazal tov to everyone! Belated

Re: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 8:02 AM, m...@apollinemike.com wrote: >>> I wouldn't mind using it to finish my skyline work!  That'll easily be >>> five weeks of my life (around 1 000 €), and it'd allow me to focus on >>> something other than fundraising... >> >> Well, the agreement was "whoever submits

Re: Fwd: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread Graham Percival
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 02:53:58PM +0200, Janek Warchoł wrote: > On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 12:37 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > > Make a ponding of the award, and point to the contest site (if any) for > > the details.  Like the awarded sum.  I'd find it weird to flash numbers > > on our main website. >

Re: Fwd: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Janek Warchoł writes: > I think this qualifies for a news item - after all, it's *LilyPond* > who won. Graham? Submit to lwn.net etc; when there's something to point at. Jan -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen | GNU LilyPond http://lilypond.org Freelance IT http://JoyofSource.com | Avatar® http://AvatarAc

Re: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread m...@apollinemike.com
jindo/status/200967005380165633 >> >> which is also not too official. > > Hm. Taking a look at Pyo, the second prize, and speculating about its > mindshare, I have the suspicion that LilyPond has more or less been the > proverbial 500lb Gorilla in the cont

Re: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread David Kastrup
Jan Nieuwenhuizen writes: > David Kastrup writes: > >> Well, I was going to send news of it around, but as of now, there is >> nothing to be seen yet: http://concours.afim-asso.org/home.php>. >> Hope they get their act together eventually, since this is definitely >> nice promotion material. > >

Re: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
David Kastrup writes: > Well, I was going to send news of it around, but as of now, there is > nothing to be seen yet: http://concours.afim-asso.org/home.php>. > Hope they get their act together eventually, since this is definitely > nice promotion material. /me too; please update when there's a

Re: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread David Kastrup
Carl Sorensen writes: > On 5/12/12 4:37 AM, "David Kastrup" wrote: > >>"m...@mikesolomon.org" writes: >> >>> >>> w00t! >>> Mazal tov to everyone! >> >>Graham's worst fears... If I remember correctly, we had two >>applications for the Google Summer of Code, and only one has been >>accepted

Re: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 5/12/12 4:37 AM, "David Kastrup" wrote: >"m...@mikesolomon.org" writes: > >> >> w00t! >> Mazal tov to everyone! > >Graham's worst fears... If I remember correctly, we had two >applications for the Google Summer of Code, and only one has been >accepted under the GNU umbrella. Before disp

Re: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread m...@apollinemike.com
On 12 mai 2012, at 14:53, Janek Warchoł wrote: > On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 12:37 PM, David Kastrup wrote: >> Make a ponding of the award, and point to the contest site (if any) for >> the details. Like the awarded sum. I'd find it weird to flash numbers >> on our main website. > > I think this q

Re: Fwd: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread Janek Warchoł
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 12:37 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > Make a ponding of the award, and point to the contest site (if any) for > the details.  Like the awarded sum.  I'd find it weird to flash numbers > on our main website. I think this qualifies for a news item - after all, it's *LilyPond* who

Re: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread m...@apollinemike.com
On 12 mai 2012, at 14:38, Janek Warchoł wrote: > On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 12:51 PM, m...@apollinemike.com > wrote: >> I wouldn't mind using it to finish my skyline work! That'll easily be five >> weeks of my life (around 1 000 €), and it'd allow me to focus on something >> other than fundraisi

Re: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> The jury wishes to congratulate you on your LilyPond open source >> software, that won the First Prize at the LoMus 2012 contest. Great! Werner ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mail

Re: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread Janek Warchoł
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 12:51 PM, m...@apollinemike.com wrote: > I wouldn't mind using it to finish my skyline work!  That'll easily be five > weeks of my life (around 1 000 €), and it'd allow me to focus on something > other than fundraising... I'm ok with this, too! Let's see what others wil

Re: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread David Kastrup
"m...@apollinemike.com" writes: > On 12 mai 2012, at 13:00, David Kastrup wrote: > >> "m...@apollinemike.com" writes: >> >>> I wouldn't mind using it to finish my skyline work! That'll easily be >>> five weeks of my life (around 1 000 €), and it'd allow me to focus on >>> something other than

Re: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread m...@apollinemike.com
On 12 mai 2012, at 13:00, David Kastrup wrote: > "m...@apollinemike.com" writes: > >> I wouldn't mind using it to finish my skyline work! That'll easily be >> five weeks of my life (around 1 000 €), and it'd allow me to focus on >> something other than fundraising... > > Well, the agreement w

Re: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread David Kastrup
"m...@apollinemike.com" writes: > I wouldn't mind using it to finish my skyline work! That'll easily be > five weeks of my life (around 1 000 €), and it'd allow me to focus on > something other than fundraising... Well, the agreement was "whoever submits and collects, decides how to distribute"

Re: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread m...@apollinemike.com
On 12 mai 2012, at 12:37, David Kastrup wrote: > "m...@mikesolomon.org" writes: > >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>From: Thierry Coduys >> >>Subject: LoMus 2012 >> >>Date: 12 mai 2012 12:15:03 HAEC >> >>

Re: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Mike, Congratulations! (To everyone!!) Best regards, Kieren. ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel

Re: Fwd: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread David Kastrup
"m...@mikesolomon.org" writes: > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Thierry Coduys > > Subject: LoMus 2012 > > Date: 12 mai 2012 12:15:03 HAEC > > To: m...@mikesolomon.org > > > > Dear Mike, >

Fwd: LoMus 2012

2012-05-12 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
Begin forwarded message: > From: Thierry Coduys > Subject: LoMus 2012 > Date: 12 mai 2012 12:15:03 HAEC > To: m...@mikesolomon.org > > Dear Mike, > > The jury wishes to congratulate you on your LilyPond open source software, > that won the First Prize at the LoMus

LoMus

2012-04-30 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
Hey all, I've received a couple e-mails from colleagues and one nudge from Valentin about: http://concours.afim-asso.org/ I've been reticent about applying because the development community is rather diffuse and there isn't any good way to accept the prize money if we win. However, after hav

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-28 Thread David Kastrup
Janek Warchoł writes: > On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 3:14 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > >> So don't think of spending the $5000 on LilyPond: spend your time. >> That's what this is supposed to enable. > > Of course. They give me money to enable me spending time on LilyPond > instead of doing some other

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-28 Thread Janek Warchoł
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 3:14 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > Janek Warchoł writes: > >> Huh?  I get $5000 (of which i'll spend quite a lot on Lily >> development, either directly or indirectly), and John Marchesi, GNU >> admin, gets $500 and gives it to whomever he decides - in our case >> most probab

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-28 Thread David Kastrup
Janek Warchoł writes: > Huh? I get $5000 (of which i'll spend quite a lot on Lily > development, either directly or indirectly), and John Marchesi, GNU > admin, gets $500 and gives it to whomever he decides - in our case > most probably FSF. Depends on whether he gets a different request on beh

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-28 Thread Janek Warchoł
t; answer about this specific case?  I guess the general consensus is >> > "go ahead and we'll figure it out later". >> > >> >> I *do* want this to work so well that it sets a solid precedent, > > If this is going to set a precedent, then I

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-28 Thread m...@apollinemike.com
wer about this specific case? I guess the general consensus is >>> "go ahead and we'll figure it out later". >>> >> >> I *do* want this to work so well that it sets a solid precedent, > > If this is going to set a precedent, then I will say "

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-28 Thread Graham Percival
t; "go ahead and we'll figure it out later". > > > > I *do* want this to work so well that it sets a solid precedent, If this is going to set a precedent, then I will say "Do not submit LilyPond to LoMuS". I'm willing to go along with the current consensu

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-28 Thread m...@apollinemike.com
I'd be good to set a precedent for this now so that LilyPond can apply >>>> to other software competitions in the future. >>> >>> *sigh* >> >> I'll formulate my question differently. If anyone on the development team >> sends me an

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-28 Thread Graham Percival
can apply > >> to other software competitions in the future. > > > > *sigh* > > I'll formulate my question differently. If anyone on the development team > sends me an e-mail saying "Do not submit LilyPond to LoMuS", I won't submit > LilyP

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-27 Thread Łukasz Czerwiński
On 27 April 2012 08:07, Graham Percival wrote: > > *sigh* > I'll rehash an old email. > > > I know that some of us would like to get paid for lilypond work. > But I'm leery of jumping into this topic for a few reasons: > > 1) lilypond survives because of volunteer work. I think we should > be *e

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-27 Thread Łukasz Czerwiński
Musical contest? Great! :) +1 On 27 April 2012 07:29, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > I suggest that *you* are the person receiving the money, acting as a > representative and contact person for this contest. In due course it > is up to you how to distribute the money within the lilypond > developmen

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-27 Thread David Kastrup
Han-Wen Nienhuys writes: > The form says: > > * In case of a collective work, I have been appointed to represent my > colleagues. > > As a core contributor to LilyPond I hereby nominate Mike Solomon to > represent the LilyPond project. > > Let's worry about what to do with money if and when we wi

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-27 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
The form says: * In case of a collective work, I have been appointed to represent my colleagues. As a core contributor to LilyPond I hereby nominate Mike Solomon to represent the LilyPond project. Let's worry about what to do with money if and when we win. On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 2:09 AM, m...

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-27 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
On 27/04/2012 07:09, m...@apollinemike.com wrote: > Hey all, > > I've received a couple e-mails from colleagues and one nudge from > Valentin about: > > http://concours.afim-asso.org/ > > I've been reticent about applying because the development community is > rather diffuse and there isn't any goo

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-27 Thread David Kastrup
Graham Percival writes: > 3) it's not going to be enough. Companies and government grants > are where the real money for supporting programmers comes from; > hiring just one person from individual donations would require far > more users than we have. Not enough is better than nothing if we are

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-27 Thread David Kastrup
"m...@apollinemike.com" writes: > Hey all, > > I've received a couple e-mails from colleagues and one nudge from > Valentin about: > > http://concours.afim-asso.org/ > > I've been reticent about applying because the development community is > rather diffuse and there isn't any good way to accept

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-27 Thread Trevor Daniels
wrote Friday, April 27, 2012 8:39 AM On 27 avr. 2012, at 09:33, Trevor Daniels wrote: But it seems the closing date has passed - wasn't it 25 April? It's extended till the 29th. Ah, good! If they needed to do that the chance of winning is somewhat increased :) Trevor ___

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-27 Thread m...@apollinemike.com
On 27 avr. 2012, at 09:33, Trevor Daniels wrote: > Werner LEMBERG wrote Friday, April 27, 2012 6:29 AM >>> I've received a couple e-mails from colleagues and one nudge from >>> Valentin about: >>> http://concours.afim-asso.org/ >> Aah, very nice! Yes, participating in this contest would be a goo

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-27 Thread Trevor Daniels
Werner LEMBERG wrote Friday, April 27, 2012 6:29 AM I've received a couple e-mails from colleagues and one nudge from Valentin about: http://concours.afim-asso.org/ Aah, very nice! Yes, participating in this contest would be a good thing; and thanks for your offer to writing up the applicat

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-26 Thread m...@apollinemike.com
> I'll rehash an old email. > I've gotten two different (I think) responses from Werner and Graham. I'll formulate my question differently. If anyone on the development team sends me an e-mail saying "Do not submit LilyPond to LoMuS", I won't submit LilyPond to

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-26 Thread Graham Percival
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 07:09:39AM +0200, m...@apollinemike.com wrote: >I'd be good to set a precedent for this now so that LilyPond can apply >to other software competitions in the future. *sigh* I'll rehash an old email. I know that some of us would like to get paid for lilypond work.

Re: LoMuS

2012-04-26 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I've received a couple e-mails from colleagues and one nudge from > Valentin about: > > http://concours.afim-asso.org/ Aah, very nice! Yes, participating in this contest would be a good thing; and thanks for your offer to writing up the application. > 1) Use it internally on projects (i.e. w

LoMuS

2012-04-26 Thread m...@apollinemike.com
Hey all, I've received a couple e-mails from colleagues and one nudge from Valentin about: http://concours.afim-asso.org/ I've been reticent about applying because the development community is rather diffuse and there isn't any good way to accept the prize money if we win. However, after hav