On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 02:44:58AM +0100, [email protected] wrote: > I didn't notice the campaign in time :( as I've been so busy. I > would have loved to get a shirt. I'll just have to do without I > guess. None the less I'll still throw in a little over $200 USD > equivalent in bitcoins as a donation. You should see it shortly.
Wow! Thanks Chris! > I'm glad to see a less-obvious project make an effort to raise funds > for itself. I know it is especially difficult to do when your users > don't normally even download or visit. > There are so many projects > that get forgotten because the codes distributed as part of a > distribution and the user never has to visit the projects site. > There just isn't an opportunity to seek donations from the user > base. That is generaly true, but I don't think it is the case with Linterna Magica. I'm not aware of any distribution that has it in its repositories. > I think it would be great if (particularly with a bigger > distribution) some of the larger distributions were more proactive > in requesting funds on behalf of non-obvious projects like Linterna > Mágica. > > I think we (ThinkPenguin) need to investigate being more proactive > in seeking donations on behalf of projects that need funding. That is a great idea. If you need any assistance in that direction I would be glad to help (for any project).
