Re: Another happy lilypond user

[Tim McNamara]

On Mar 24, 2013, at 10:02 AM, Alberto Simões wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On 24/03/13 14:55, David Kastrup wrote:
>> Well, I am somewhat unhappy with that focus on the pricing of Finale as
>> my own work is being funded by LilyPond users who are typically paying
>> somewhat more to substantially more than the "Finale tax" would entail.
>> 
>> For them, the important difference obviously is not that Finale costs
>> money to use.  On the one hand, they get quite more in return for their
>> payment than the right to run a single copy.  On the other hand,
>> everybody else gets the same, without paying.
> 
> Given I use lilypond a lot for my own websites (that are also free work, but 
> whatever) I went to lilypond website to check if there was an easy way to 
> donate, but it only contains information about "exchanging money with 
> features". Shouldn't a simplified "donate" button be placed somewhere in the 
> website?

This is a discussion that has been had several times.  The issue is that the 
Lilypond project does not have a central manager to act as accountant and to 
divvy out donations; doing so would add a tremendous overhead.  The current 
funding system is for contributors to work directly with developers and pay 
them directly, e.g., through bounties to address specific problems or desires.