[Owncloud] Fwd: Flattr for the release?

[Cornelius Schumacher]

On Saturday 08 October 2011 Michael Grosser wrote:
> 
> So why not get to the point and have dedicated donations for owncloud and
> let them be handled from kde? It even would be possible to let a community
> member handle the flattr account and make a transaction to kde every few
> months.

If a community member has the account it's a private account with all the 
risks and problems. It might sound like theory, but what happens when the 
community member doesn't care anymore, and doesn't reply to any requests? The 
money is missing and there is no way to get it. Stuff like this does happen, 
so I would avoid it.

> Then it would be legally alright (using KDE), ownCloud would still be
> supported from the common pool, but it would be a dedicated labeled account
> for future changes and easy user recognizability.

As I said, a dedicated account and dedicated donations can have some issues. 
So instead of going with something new like a flattr account, I would 
recommend to just use the existing infrastructure and put something like "if 
you want to financially support ownCloud donate to KDE e.V." on the ownCloud 
web page and in the release announcement. We have Paypal donations buttons we 
can use for that, if you prefer a real button.

-- 
Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher at kde.org>