On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 19:23:21 +0100 Jake Subs subs@growdigital.net wrote:
2010/8/5 Enrico Tröger enrico.troeger@uvena.de:
Slighty OT, but is there a way to actually _pay_ a developer to do the
I personally don't like paid features very much but this is just me.
I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people wouldn't like it. A friend helps organise a volunteer-run arts cinema, and there has been great controversy over paying some people and not others.
If the whole model is based upon voluntary work, then any introduction of filthy lucre may upset the apple cart.
I was just thinking of a way to re-direct money paid for software licenses by educational institutions over to Free Software. Oddly enough, many organisations feel happier if they can pay for something.
Maybe somebody is funding some kind of IT company which is doing billable work around Geany. I agree Enrico in thinking that this is nothing we shall do as 'Geany-community'.
Cheers, Frank