Re: Video recording of LilyPond talk at Chemnitz

[David Kastrup]

Jonas Olson <address@hidden> writes:

> Some messages seem to drop out and never reach me, but I understand the
> following was written by David Kastrup:
>> > You propose a system with a guarantee that I will not get any payment at
>> > all unless a minimum is met, meaning that I have to finance the whole
>> > month on my own.  This is not exactly going to extend the time I will be
>> > able to work on LilyPond while tapping into my own non-replenishable
>> > reserves.  I don't see that it would make sense for me to offer a plan
>> > where people pay less in case more is needed.
>
> Yes, what I described would be an all-or-nothing plan. I'm thinking that
> people might be unwilling to dump money on something that might turn out
> not to reach any reasonable target anyway. I'll describe it some more in
> case I wasn't clear.
>
> Say, for example, that you are working a different job but would like to
> return to developing LilyPond full time.

I don't see the point in hypotheticals.  They distract from reality.
The reality is described in
<URL:http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding>,
and alternate universes can make their own plans more competently than I
would be able to.

-- 
David Kastrup