From: Dan D. <da...@de...> - 2010-08-25 17:52:50
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On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Simon Eugster <sim...@gm...> wrote: > Dear friends, > > http://kdenlive.org/forum/donate > One cannot donate to kdenlive right now, right? > > I assume other people might want to donate as well. But could we make > good use of the money? As someone who used to accept them for Kino, I suggest that you first come up with intended uses - the more specific the better. Even proudly display them alongside the donate button so people appreciate the clear direction and perhaps even more motivated. Here are some ideas: - travel and hotel costs for a developer to attend and optionally present at an event (there are so many) - special equipment which we might want to provide support for within Kdenlive: e.g. Blackmagic Design - technical books related to video, editing, compositing, etc. - a charity > If not, we might mention somewhere on the web page that, at the > moment, we survive without donations :) I received a fair amount of donations for Kino, but not anywhere near enough to be interesting (i.e. provide a living). So, I shut it down because I did not really need the money, and I felt people should donate to more worthy causes. In hindsight, if I had established a specific goal such as above, I likely would have achieved that goal, which would have been interesting and beneficial. > Simon > |