From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18640 invoked by alias); 10 Jun 2014 22:13:51 -0000 Mailing-List: contact kawa-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: kawa-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 18624 invoked by uid 89); 10 Jun 2014 22:13:50 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: aibo.runbox.com Received: from aibo.runbox.com (HELO aibo.runbox.com) (91.220.196.211) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Tue, 10 Jun 2014 22:13:48 +0000 Received: from [10.9.9.209] (helo=mailfront04.runbox.com) by bars.runbox.com with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WuUIa-0001Rh-8k; Wed, 11 Jun 2014 00:13:44 +0200 Received: from 70-36-239-203.dsl.dynamic.sonic.net ([70.36.239.203] helo=toshie.bothner.com) by mailfront04.runbox.com with esmtpsa (uid:757155 ) (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.76) id 1WuUIZ-0005M3-8V; Wed, 11 Jun 2014 00:13:43 +0200 Message-ID: <53978314.7050702@bothner.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 22:13:00 -0000 From: Per Bothner User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthieu Vachon CC: Kawa mailing list Subject: Re: Kawa paid support References: <53937097.9070903@bothner.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-q2/txt/msg00075.txt.bz2 On 06/08/2014 07:37 PM, Matthieu Vachon wrote: > I'm pretty sure you may have already checked on the crowd funding > side, but I want to let you know that I would eagerly contribute to > such campaign. At least, would you be open for donations to you so I > can contribute financially to the future of Kawa. I haven't looked seriously into crowd-funding Kawa. Kawa already has the problem is poor visibility, and tackling that is something I hope you all help with. I have limited time and energy, and trying to start a crowd-funding campaign may require more that it is worth. I will be writing more articles on various sites now that Kawa is my "day job". I wouldn't object to donations, but there are set-up issues, tax issues, book-keeping issues. It seems unlikely donations would bring in enough to make a difference.Plus I'm not very comfortable with begging ... If not like I'm a "starving hacking" (to use LWN's terminology for subscription levels): I have a nice house, in the SF Bay Area, and it's paid for. However, I do have big expenses coming up, and I expect to be eating into my savings unless I can monetize Kawa better. One website suggests accepting non-cash gifts instead of donations - such as setting up an Amazon wishlist. I have to figure out what put on the list, though ... -- --Per Bothner per@bothner.com http://per.bothner.com/