Re: Generating Interest in LilyPond through Kickstarter

[Shane Brandes]

it would be more sensible to sell the .ly file at a higher cost. It is
certainly the more valuable entity, both in terms of work in and
future utility.

Shane

On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 5:27 AM, Johan Vromans <address@hidden> wrote:
> Paul Tannous <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Anyone wanting a printed copy, could download and
>> install LilyPond if they didn't have it already. The idea would be to
>> generate interest in LilyPond.
>
> That's a noble idea, but aren't you afraid that it will have the
> opposite effect and scare people away?
>
> I don't see many vanilla computer using musicians jump through the hoops
> of building and installing LilyPond just to get some score PDFs.
>
> Wouldn't something like this work better (amounts are arbitrary):
>
>   - for 5$ or more you get the source
>   - for 10$ or more you get the PDF
>   - for 50$ or more you get a printed copy mailed
>
> -- Johan
>
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