[Owncloud] Fwd: Flattr for the release?

[Jeff Gibbs]

Having KDE handle the donations will solve two potential issues:
1) Having to create a non-profit organization
2) Having one person be in control of the finances

It seems like that would be the quickest and safest way to move forward.

- Jeff


On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher at kde.org>wrote:

> On Saturday 08 October 2011 Michael Grosser wrote:
> > I really would have liked to have a reasonable discussion, but now it's
> > getting ridiculous.
> > Writing something like this doesn't even provide any basis of discussion:
> > "I hope Flattr doesn't just send money to people reaching out to them,
> > claiming that they are the rightful owner of the money."
> > I don't want to clarify this.
>
> Come on, this was meant tongue-in-cheek.
>
> But seriously, legitimating access to money, also in case of problems, is
> an
> issue, which an organization solves compared to doing it privately.
>
> > The only thing I want to clarify is that Flattr is a trustworthy company,
> > much more trustworthy than Paypal.
>
> I have not much trust in Paypal either. Somehow money has to be
> transferred,
> though, and Paypal works, just as many other options do. Flattr is using
> Paypal as well, so there is no point in discussing who is more trustworthy.
> It's on different levels.
>
> > I think the best for ownCloud is to end this discussion now.
> > I wanted to discuss a valid point and still think it is one, but I don't
> > want to get down to this ridiculous basis.
>
> It's up to you and the rest of the ownCloud community to make up your mind
> about how you want to handle donations. I'm just offering some thoughts and
> experience from my side. Feel free to use or ignore it. KDE does provide an
> immediate way to move forward with this. I like ownCloud a lot, and I think
> it
> would be beneficial for ownCloud to make use of this opportunity.
>
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> Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher at kde.org>
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