Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
Your support is needed
GCBASIC is an Open Source Project but there are real costs. And, each year I ask for your contribution to cover these costs.
This is the time to help the project by donating. The first costs needed to be paid on 18 Nov 2023.
The coming year the costs will be as shown in the table below: If more funds come in than the target then I will renew for multi years as this will reduce the overall cost in the short term.
Scope
Annual Cost
Comments
GitHub
$60.00
GitHub data pack @ $5.00/month. This is the main repository.
Domain Names
$26.00
Annually renewable
XOJO
$149.00
Cross Platform Development - solely used for Great Cow BASIC. Annually renewable
SSL Certificate
$30
Versign Cert for domain. Annually renewable
Application Cert
$320
Comodo EV Code Signing
Total
** $585**
Essentially, no donations the project would start to decline. So, please donate to these real operation costs.
Evan
Notes:
Last year the baseline as $467, and, I have no control over these costs.
There has been huge increase in the application signing certificate.
Last year... I was so wrong about hosting costs from SourceForge at some point.
I am recommending we stay on SourceForge to minimum costs and to take advantage of the free hosting.
Same donation URL as previous years. paypal.me/gcbasic Please donate to the costs - thank you.
If you cannot donate via PayPal then contact me directly and I can share the bank details.
THANK YOU
Evan
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Hi Evan.
By clicking on the link PayPal directly asks me for my login details... but it doesn't show me the amount, so if I accept I don't know how much I'll pay.
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
Please donate what you feel is right. It is hard for me to set an expectation as we all value things differently.
As a guideline last year the donations ranged from £8.10 to £50.00.
I personally think lots of small donations this year will come in. As the big donation came from a company I had helped just ( Sept 22) helped with a project.
👍
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12% of the goal achieved.
So, far with the funds received GBASIC domain name, and a portion of GitHub costs are covered. That leaves the Development tool cost and the SSLCertificate to go. An insight, at 12% means no further development of the UI tools and Windows installations will moan even more when you install.
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
21% of the goal achieved.
So, far with the funds received GBASIC domain name, and a bit more of the GitHub costs are covered. That leaves the Development tool cost and the SSLCertificate to go.
An insight, £25 GBP was the average donation last year.
Some of the feedback, sharing for the other developers who make this project happen - thank you!
Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
26% of the goal achieved.
So, far with the funds received GBASIC domain name, and a some more of the GitHub costs are covered, OR, just the Development Tool cost. So, a long way to go yet.
An insight, £25 GBP was the average donation last year.
Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
28% of the goal achieved.
So, far with the funds received GBASIC domain name, and a some more of the GitHub costs are covered, OR, just the Development Tool cost. So, a long way to go yet.
An insight, £25 GBP was the average donation last year.
Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
It is that time of year and I have has renew the XOJO license to get the discounted renewal price. This license is used to created tools like PICINFO ( for Windows and Linux etc) and other command line utilities. The advantage of XOJO is the cross platform capabilities.
The cost was £97.46 GBP.
Total expenditure is now £117.85 with an expected shortfall of £371.74.
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
39% of the goal achieved
The latest build of the GCSTUDIO has URL remind users to make a donation, every time they compile. The next build will have a GCSTDIO button to help access PayPal.
The button will be removed when the goal is reached.
For those that have donated we can provide the information to remove the reminder.
Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
40% of the goal achieved
The latest build of the GCSTUDIO has URL remind users to make a donation, every time they compile. The next build will have a GCSTDIO button to help access PayPal.
The button will be removed when the goal is reached.
For those that have donated we can provide the information to remove the reminder.
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
43% of the goal achieved
The latest build of the GCSTUDIO has URL remind users to make a donation, every time they compile. The next build will have a GCSTDIO button to help access PayPal.
The button will be removed when the goal is reached.
For those that have donated we can provide the information to remove the reminder.
Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
52% of the goal achieved
The latest build of the GCSTUDIO has URL remind users to make a donation, every time they compile. The next build will have a GCSTDIO button to help access PayPal.
The button will be removed when the goal is reached.
For those that have donated we can provide the information to remove the reminder.
Donate here
Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
Your support is needed
GCBASIC is an Open Source Project but there are real costs. And, each year I ask for your contribution to cover these costs.
This is the time to help the project by donating. The first costs needed to be paid on 18 Nov 2023.
The coming year the costs will be as shown in the table below: If more funds come in than the target then I will renew for multi years as this will reduce the overall cost in the short term.
Essentially, no donations the project would start to decline. So, please donate to these real operation costs.
Evan
Notes:
Last year the baseline as $467, and, I have no control over these costs.
There has been huge increase in the application signing certificate.
Last year... I was so wrong about hosting costs from SourceForge at some point.
I am recommending we stay on SourceForge to minimum costs and to take advantage of the free hosting.
Same donation URL as previous years. paypal.me/gcbasic Please donate to the costs - thank you.
If you cannot donate via PayPal then contact me directly and I can share the bank details.
THANK YOU
Evan
Current state of funding.
91%
Last edit: Anobium 2024-02-07
I have started the 2014 review payments already. Some of these payments are time constrained. If the bill in not maintained then we loose the service.
I have renewed the GCBASIC.COM domain name today for 23.80 GBP ( Sterling )
Donate here
Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
8% of the goal achieved already.
Some of the feedback, sharing for the other developers who make this project happen - thank you!
Hi Evan.
By clicking on the link PayPal directly asks me for my login details... but it doesn't show me the amount, so if I accept I don't know how much I'll pay.
Please donate what you feel is right. It is hard for me to set an expectation as we all value things differently.
As a guideline last year the donations ranged from £8.10 to £50.00.
I personally think lots of small donations this year will come in. As the big donation came from a company I had helped just ( Sept 22) helped with a project.
Donation made.
Bye
Donate here
Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
12% of the goal achieved.
So, far with the funds received GBASIC domain name, and a portion of GitHub costs are covered. That leaves the Development tool cost and the SSLCertificate to go. An insight, at 12% means no further development of the UI tools and Windows installations will moan even more when you install.
Donate here
Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
21% of the goal achieved.
So, far with the funds received GBASIC domain name, and a bit more of the GitHub costs are covered. That leaves the Development tool cost and the SSLCertificate to go.
An insight, £25 GBP was the average donation last year.
Some of the feedback, sharing for the other developers who make this project happen - thank you!
Last edit: Anobium 2023-10-31
Donate here
Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
26% of the goal achieved.
So, far with the funds received GBASIC domain name, and a some more of the GitHub costs are covered, OR, just the Development Tool cost. So, a long way to go yet.
An insight, £25 GBP was the average donation last year.
Thank you Janis and Michael for supporting.
Last edit: Anobium 2023-11-02
Donate here
Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
28% of the goal achieved.
So, far with the funds received GBASIC domain name, and a some more of the GitHub costs are covered, OR, just the Development Tool cost. So, a long way to go yet.
An insight, £25 GBP was the average donation last year.
Thank you Janis, again, for supporting.
Last edit: Anobium 2023-11-07
Donate here
Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
It is that time of year and I have has renew the XOJO license to get the discounted renewal price. This license is used to created tools like PICINFO ( for Windows and Linux etc) and other command line utilities. The advantage of XOJO is the cross platform capabilities.
The cost was £97.46 GBP.
Total expenditure is now £117.85 with an expected shortfall of £371.74.
a small contribution by me too. Keep up the good work! ;-)
Thank you John.
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Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
33 of the goal achieved
The latest build of the toolchain will remind users to make a donation, every time they compile.
This message will be removed when the goal is reached.
For those that have donated we can provide the information to remove the reminder.
Last edit: Anobium 2023-11-24
Many thanks to Fabrice Engel.
Very grateful.
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Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
39% of the goal achieved
The latest build of the GCSTUDIO has URL remind users to make a donation, every time they compile. The next build will have a GCSTDIO button to help access PayPal.
The button will be removed when the goal is reached.
For those that have donated we can provide the information to remove the reminder.
Last edit: Anobium 2023-12-03
Hi,
I made a small contribution, but it seems PayPal takes 20%!!!!
Isn't there a less expensive way?
I could try Patreon. I would need to setup an account etc. Let me investigate.
Anyone got any experience on this matter?
Thank you Gigi !!!
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Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
40% of the goal achieved
The latest build of the GCSTUDIO has URL remind users to make a donation, every time they compile. The next build will have a GCSTDIO button to help access PayPal.
The button will be removed when the goal is reached.
For those that have donated we can provide the information to remove the reminder.
Thank you Brent - very helpful.
Donate here
Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
43% of the goal achieved
The latest build of the GCSTUDIO has URL remind users to make a donation, every time they compile. The next build will have a GCSTDIO button to help access PayPal.
The button will be removed when the goal is reached.
For those that have donated we can provide the information to remove the reminder.
Last edit: Anobium 2023-12-03
Thank you David Briscoe and Bryn Melyn
These latest donations make a huge difference.
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Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
52% of the goal achieved
The latest build of the GCSTUDIO has URL remind users to make a donation, every time they compile. The next build will have a GCSTDIO button to help access PayPal.
The button will be removed when the goal is reached.
For those that have donated we can provide the information to remove the reminder.
Last edit: Anobium 2023-12-16
Thank you Peter Stone.
These latest donations make a huge difference.
Donate here
Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
61% of the goal achieved
Please consider donating to help keep the project operational.
Thank you Don R.
These latest donations make a huge difference.
Now over 2/3 of the way there to the goal.
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Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
67% of the goal achieved
Please consider donating to help keep the project operational.
Thank you E Vittorazzi - huge thank you! This latest donation make a huge difference.
Now over 3/4's of the way there to the goal!
Please help to help with the last part of the funding.
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Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
76% of the goal achieved
Please consider donating to help keep the project operational.
Happy New Year - in 2024 please donate to the project we have a way to go still.
Thank you Christopher Savage! This latest donation make a huge difference.
Now well over 3/4's of the way there to the goal!
Please help to help with the last part of the funding.
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Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
77% of the goal achieved
Please consider donating to help keep the project operational.
Please donate to the project as we have a way to go still.
Thank you Randall Young - This latest donation make a huge difference.
80% of the way there! Only 20% left!
Please help to help with the last part of the funding.
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Please donate to the operational costs of GCBASIC for the coming year - Thank you. paypal.me/gcbasic
80% of the goal achieved
Please consider donating to help keep the project operational.
Last edit: Anobium 2024-01-14