[GEM-dev] financing Gem development

Nicolas Montgermont list at nimon.org
Thu Nov 30 19:24:09 CET 2017


Hello William,

Iohannes is still organizing things concerning the bugs to fix before to
make a release.
So the idea is to wait a bit before to announce the link.
You can follow this thread if you want uptodate infos.
n

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Le 30/11/2017 à 19:16, William Huston a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I am an admin of the Pd Facebook group.
>
> People have been asking for a sticky-post announcing this funding for
> GEM development.
> A poll confirmed this was overwhelming supported.
>
> Can someone give me a SINGLE link which is best for the entire project?
> It should have some narrative about WHO is running the project and
> WHAT it is, and HOW people can contribute funds.
>
> Also, is there a way people can contribute funds to the entire project,
> and not towards fixing specific bugs?  (I am unfamiliar with this
> funding model).
>
> I want to satisfy the request for a sticky post, but I'm not sure how
> to proceed.
>
> Thanks,
> BH
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 12:40 PM, me.grimm <megrimm at gmail.com
> <mailto:megrimm at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     >> I'm aware that thing moves slowly, but at least they are moving!
>
>     agree!!!!
>
>     >> So, don't worry about the money already in the bounty system : it
>     will not be useless.
>
>     so.... do we then keep lobbying for bountysouce funding? again, we
>     could have this pinned on the facebook group (12k subscribers)
>     which could generate greater donations. 
>
>     m
>
>
>
>     On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 9:29 AM, cyrille henry <ch at chnry.net
>     <mailto:ch at chnry.net>> wrote:
>
>         hello,
>         sorry for being unresponsive. I don't have lot's of free time.
>
>
>         All money put on a bounty can be moved to an other bug, and
>         there are lot's of bugs to fix :
>         https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/1046360-umlaeute-gem
>         <https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/1046360-umlaeute-gem>
>         So, don't worry about the money already in the bounty system :
>         it will not be useless.
>
>         I put money on the 4 issues that prevent a new release. But I
>         talk to Iohannes and it appear I may have made some mistake.
>         Iohannes should organize a bit the github issue soon. We may
>         have to moved some founding from 1 issue to an other after
>         that. So, let's wait that Iohannes spend few time on github
>         before we announce this bounty to a bigger audience.
>
>         About New Blanket, I fail to find a good way to go, since I
>         already start the bounty system, and that I don't have enough
>         free time.
>         But having this new release in only a 1st steep : there is
>         lot's of other bugs and feature request that are waiting for
>         to long.
>         So, next time, with a better organization, we will find a way
>         to have NB help us on the founding.
>
>         I'm aware that thing moves slowly, but at least they are moving!
>
>         cheers
>         Cyrille
>
>
>         Le 30/11/2017 à 02:54, Alexandre Torres Porres a écrit :
>
>             Hi, so, what's up?
>
>             we already have 385$ thrown at bountysource, ditching it
>             would mean throwing about 40$ in the thrash, plus taxes to
>             paypal... it'd be weird and silly, not to mention a
>             disrespect to some who felt like they wanted to help (I,
>             for one, would feel like that and regretful I helped). Any
>             word or idea on what's going on there?
>
>             I guess multiple sources could be a good way to go if you
>             feel there's also a better parallel option, but please
>             don't just do this without consulting people who have
>             already pledged money, and while this is still out there
>             in the air and others could give yet more money to it.
>
>             cheers
>
>             2017-11-26 0:03 GMT-02:00 Antonio Roberts
>             <antonio at hellocatfood.com
>             <mailto:antonio at hellocatfood.com>
>             <mailto:antonio at hellocatfood.com
>             <mailto:antonio at hellocatfood.com>>>:
>
>                 > and also what might prevent multiple funding sources?
>                 Depending on how the money is being used maybe that
>             wouldn't be a bad thing.
>
>                 Using this Patreon as an example
>             https://www.patreon.com/pippin the
>                 funding is to support the developer, not necessarily
>             the GIMP software
>                 (even though the aforementioned person is a major
>             developer of GIMP).
>
>                 So, if we look at bountysource/this funding drive as a
>             way to fund
>                 developers rather than the software (semantics, i
>             know!) does that get
>                 over these potential issues?
>
>                 On 25 November 2017 at 19:49, me.grimm
>             <megrimm at gmail.com <mailto:megrimm at gmail.com>
>             <mailto:megrimm at gmail.com <mailto:megrimm at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>                  >>> And if that's not it, what prevents anyone from
>             sharing this campaign on
>                  >>> facebook, the pd list and whatever?
>                  >
>                  > and also what might prevent multiple funding sources?
>                  >
>                  >
>                  >
>                  > On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 9:32 AM, Alexandre Torres
>             Porres <porres at gmail.com <mailto:porres at gmail.com>
>             <mailto:porres at gmail.com <mailto:porres at gmail.com>>>
>                  > wrote:
>                  >>
>                  >>
>                  >>
>                  >> 2017-11-23 7:14 GMT-02:00 cyrille henry
>             <ch at chnry.net <mailto:ch at chnry.net> <mailto:ch at chnry.net
>             <mailto:ch at chnry.net>>>:
>                  >>>
>                  >>> hello,
>                  >>> I'm in discussion with joe deken from newblankets
>             around an other/better
>                  >>> way to deal with donation.
>                  >>> So maybe we should wait a bit before making a
>             wider announce of this
>                  >>> bounty.
>                  >>
>                  >>
>                  >> Hi, can you give us some more information about
>             it? I don't understand
>                  >> what you mean.
>                  >>
>                  >> Do you mean you will change the donation system
>             from "bountysource.com <http://bountysource.com>
>             <http://bountysource.com>"? I
>                  >> don't think so, cause, well, people already gave
>             money to that... (me, for
>                  >> instance, gave 30$). But if that's the case, how
>             do we deal with that (like,
>                  >> how to get the money back)?
>                  >>
>                  >> And if that's not it, what prevents anyone from
>             sharing this campaign on
>                  >> facebook, the pd list and whatever?
>                  >>
>                  >> cheers
>                  >>
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