I assume that most of you are on the Google Group, but just in case, here's an announcement that I just posted over there (from my Gmail address because Google Groups are... weird)
> > So this has been a very, very often requested "feature". And I have always > resisted - for many reasons. The top two were always: > > (1) "people who give money might expect something in return" > (and I want to continue to consider this nothing but a hobby and to tell > people who don't get that to just "go away"). > > (2) "I am too lazy to set this up, deal with the tax implications, etc" > > Now as it turns out, I ended up creating a small consulting company for > completely unrelated reasons. And as a result have a way to deal with money > coming in, I have to do taxes anyway, so, err, reason (2) really doesn't > apply anymore. > > But of course reason (1) is still very much in place. But hey, it might be > worth a try, given how often this was requested. > > So, as of today there is a sponsor button at the top of the Subsurface GitHub > page. It gets you to our brand new Sponsor Page > <https://github.com/sponsors/subsurface>. > > In an abundance of caution, let me make a few things very clear: > > - Subsurface was, is, and will continue to be open source - nothing changes > - you get nothing in return for sponsorship, no better anything, no extra > support, no other benefit (actually, given the default setup at GitHub, they > push you into offering "something" - so people who sponsor and want to get > mentioned will be added to our Thanks page) > - the money goes to me (and I'm only one of several developers) and will be > used to pay for the infrastructure (domain, cloud storage, test build > infrastructure, developer certificates, etc) > - if more money comes in than is needed to pay for the infrastructure, I > solemnly promise to spend the rest on my next dive trip > - I am not asking anyone to sponsor this. I'm doing ok financially, there are > many other open source developers who likely need your money more than I do > - but if you really want to give me money... there's your chance 😇 > > I hope I covered all the basics. If you have questions, let me know. If you > are confused, just ignore this. > > Oh, GitHub seems to force me to have at least one suggested sponsorship > level. I picked something random - again, I'm not asking for anything here. > > Thanks > > /D > > PS: it's oddly hard to write an announcement like this that doesn't feel like > I'm asking for donations...
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