Ciao TonyM & ohers interested... TonyM wrote: > > This has being discussed in the past, Eric Shulman raised some money by > crowd source for some documentation in the past. >
The problem there was I don't think Eric ever got enough money to finish the project. There was no output. That is part of the issue: matching money to requirement. TW is amazingly productive. BUT I DO NOT think ANY of us really grasp how FEW people are really active. Its an Elephant not in the room enough. > There is always a degree of complexity in these questions given the strong > "open source" nature of tiddlywiki. > "Open source" is a very rich field now. Some larger projects do get financial support congruent with needs. TW is a small project. It deserves to be much bigger. That is a Catch 22 its caught in. i think that is a big reason why money is not so discussed. Its potentially divisive. > ... two areas where it may be helpful to allow/promote financial > recompense; > > 1 - Work on tiddlywiki or a necessary plugin for and on behalf of the > community > I agree. In my previous post I refereed to Arlen's work as important because its basic to future saving. I consider it a class case of need deserving support, especially as he asks for it (PayPal Account). > 2 - When an adaption is created by a TiddlyWiki enthusiast/developer for a > third party to do work or to meet a need ... > This is more complicated. In terms of actual things I USE I'd say Thomas Elmiger helped me most so far. But there are many people who have and do everyday, reliably, too. I don't think any of them are seeking money. But a fund for "between jobs I'll work on TW" is not such a bad idea. >From another angle, its an interesting question I can approach like this: *IF a YEAR AGO I had been able to get anyone interested (I tried) to code FOR ME, I would have paid for it. * In the long run it would have been CHEAPER for me to pay 1,000 Euro than spend the hours & weeks I've had to spend working out what is now to me the bleeding obvious. Best wishes Josiah -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/22956420-7bd1-4510-bc19-c31746a619f8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
