Re: Thinking about putting together a grant to support development on LilyPond

[Janek Warchoł]

2012/2/9 Carl Sorensen <address@hidden>:
> On 2/9/12 5:38 AM, "Nils" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>>Kickstarter is USA only.
>
> But someone in the USA can do a kickstarter project and spend the money
> any way they want to.
>
> I thought about kickstarter as well.  But what would you promise the
> investors as return on the project?  A free copy of LilyPond?  Not much of
> an advantage for an open-source software package.

Not sure if i understand correctly how Kickstarter works, but what
about a project for creating a free typeset edition of some famous
piece (like Mozart's Requiem)?  The funds would be split between
typesetter and programmer who implements necessary features.  I could
do the typesetting part.

cheers,
Janek