Re: Sponsoring features in F/OSS projects

[Lennart Borgman]

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Tom <address@hidden> wrote:
> immanuel litzroth <ilitzroth <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> I don't see why they wouldn't be willing to pay for long term
>> stuff, especially if  they get to set the amount and don't have
>> to pay until that is fully delivered...  Hell, here is 10$
>> towards full usable C++ code browsing support in emacs...
>> Immanuel
>
> I agree. Many people would pay for features, so they can use Emacs instead
> of other tools which have those features which Emacs currently lacks.
>
> And even small contributions can add up if it's a feature which is
> wanted by lots of users (better Java/C++ support, for example),
>  so that lots of people donates to have that feature.

Who is going to decide which features it is possible to donate to?