Re: The future of my involvement with the Octave project

[Bryan Wilcox]

I agree with Geoff's words. From my reading on the Octave site and in the documentation it seems that there is already a way to contribute financially directly to the project through the UW, but my impression was that there were some strings attached. Is this true? Is this the preferred way to contribute?

From a web-user standpoint, it would be preferable if there was an access point directly through the Octave main page. It's easier to put money in the pot if the pot is in the open with the lid already off. Also, a brain storm, if monetary contributors were recognized it might even trigger a few more donors. (I'm thinking something in the same vein as PBS or patron-of-the-arts circles; names at tiered contribution levels. Of course, this is only if the donor wishes to be recognized.)

-Bryan Wilcox

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Geoffrey S. Knauth <address@hidden> wrote:

If every serious user of Octave contributed something like $50 per
year for maintenance, I wonder how far that would go.  There are many
commercial packages that charge a similar sum for maintenance, and
they don't provide anything like the near-instant response that John &
friends supply the Octave community.  I'd be willing to pay.

Geoff

On Oct 24, 2008, at 19:35, Joshua Stults wrote:

> John,
>
> Have you thought about a raising a round of funding from the
> community?  The Blender developers used the Rational Street Performer
> protocol (http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/rspp) to raise funds to open
> source their code.  Maybe the Octave community would be game to raise
> some money to keep you gainfully employed working on Octave (much to
> our collective benefit).
>
> You could even implement the calculations needed to figure out
> everyone's contribution in Octave!
>
> Best wishes (from a happy Octave user),
> Josh
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