Re: [SM-DEVEL] Ads

[Paul J. T. <cap...@sq...>]

Sam Johnston said:
> Perhaps this is a silly question, but does SquirrelMail exist? ie
> is there a legal entity 'SquirrelMail' which can accept the
> money? If there is then I do like the support idea... 'priority'
> email support from the developers for example and if we're really
> organised maybe scheduled telephone/remote access support/custom
> development? Most of our corporate users would happily part with
> a few hundred $$$ per year, and it may even draw us some users
> who've been turned away by our being free. Introduces liability
> though. Kind of like the MySQL model I guess (although they
> started as a company with a strange, mostly-open-but-not-quite
> license.

I do not think that there is any legal entity called SquirrelMail. It
probably would be a decent idea to have a look into SquirrelMail and
legal issues, but of course that is always the last kind of think
that a group of programming geeks would think of.

So, if anyone is or knows a lawyer who would like to help us out a
little pro bono (for free), then please let us know. It would be
helpful to have a meeting with them about possible issues, etc.

I personally, would think a phone conference meeting would be good
for a couple of us remote, with a (the) lawyer.

Anyways, about us accepting money. I do not have a great solution for
this off the bat. Right now, SquirrelMail has had $40 (I think)
donated to it, which happens to be sitting in my Paypal account.
Someone around here donated it a bit back, and it is sitting there
until we come up with something to do with it.

(Of course, I have ideas for how we can use money... :)

I am willing to accept donations, etc, for SquirrelMail. I can even
create a special paypal account for it (don...@sq...).
Or maybe some other system (like amazon's donation system, or
something) would be better.

And I promise not to use the money or pilfer it from the account. :)

So, if anyone want's to donate let me know. If we came up with some
variety of support system where people can "donate" money in
appreciation of the support they get from us, or in appreciation in
general, then we probably need something better then just my personal
paypal account (cap...@sq...).

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Paul Joseph Thompson
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