Re: Gittip (and Supporting my work on LilyPond financially)

[Peter Bjuhr]

On 12/02/2013 02:03 AM, Paul Morris wrote:
> I have been keeping my eye on Gittip. It's basically a tool that lets 
> individuals make ongoing weekly payments to other individuals (or 
> organizations) to support whatever work they do. It happens that more 
> often than not this is volunteer work on free/open-source software. 
> What really makes it compelling is that Gittip does not make any money 
> off of the transactions that go through it. They only charge a minimal 
> fee to cover their own transaction costs (credit card fees). Gittip is 
> itself funded by voluntary donations made through Gittip. The code 
> that runs Gittip is in the public domain and hosted on Github. I'm not 
> affiliated with Gittip, I'm just really interested and intrigued by 
> its potential. I've often thought that it would make sense for 
> projects like LilyPond/Frescobaldi/etc. 

After my own initial curiosity and Paul's words above I have now created 
an account on Gittip.


On 12/05/2013 10:11 AM, David Kastrup wrote:
> The thought "if everybody contributed just a little" seems compelling.
> It's actually my experience that those who pledge to contribute a
> monthly payment less than €10 tend to stop after few months, probably
> because they think it does not make a difference.

David, would you consider joining me? I think it would mean that it will 
be easier in general for people to set up a monthly payment (for 
LilyPonds future development). Anyway, it could perhaps attract some new 
people both to LilyPond itself and to its funding. (But it seems that 
it's more convenient to withdraw the money if you have an US bank account.)

Best
Peter