[Kdenlive-devel] Donations

[Simon Eugster]

2010/8/25 Dan Dennedy <dan at dennedy.org>:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Simon Eugster <simon.eu at gmail.com> 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.

Thanks for sharing your experience! I find the idea about special
equipment very interesting. This is something we should consider in
future imho (if Dev resources are available).

Simon

PS: I just don't thrust my eyes anymore. Quote from
http://www.blackmagic-design.com/davinci/resolve/ : «Now avalible for
both Mac and Linux, the true quality and power of DaVinci is now
affordable for everyone!» Linux??? (Sorry for the offtopic.)