16 Dec
2007
16 Dec
'07
10:19 a.m.
Esben Stien wrote:
Pieter Palmers <pieterp(a)joow.be> writes:
You are correct, there is no donation button. The topic didn't rise yet.
As long as you don't accept donations, you have the freedom to always
walk away. Which is of course part of the problem.
I know that I will still have some time to work on this for the next
year. But after that it might be that my professional life interferes.
So then I have two options: either cut down on the Linux Audio stuff, or
cut on 'work'. And to be very honest, the way things are at the moment,
I don't want to be depending on Linux Audio for my (and probably by
then, my family's) living.
In summary, the option to have no obligations does have it's advantages.
But this is the exact reasoning that prevents Linux audio from getting
anywhere. Mea culpa.
pay the bills
I can't find any donation entry on your site, as so many project
sites. I also haven't asked before, because I still don't own a 1394
device.
I now donate to fsf, ardour, crystalspace and wikimedia; ardour and
gnu every month, even on a student "salary";).
It makes me feel good to support projects financially, but most
projects don't put up a donation entry. It should be part of our
culture to support free software projects.
I completely agree.
Maybe we should consider some sort of 'no strings attached' donation
agreement. Or maybe something like 'the software you get for free, but
if you want support please donate'? This last one might be a good
side-effect in our specific case: one of the biggest reasons why vendors
hesitate to support us is that they fear that their customer support is
going to have to deal with Linux users. Which they don't want since they
don't have any experience. So 'outsourcing' the support might be an
option. One way or another companies can't seem to grasp why people do
these things for free.
Greets,
Pieter