Re: Fonts from the former fonts.openlilylib.org

[Urs Liska]

Am 27. März 2016 10:13:20 MESZ, schrieb tisimst <address@hidden>:
>Andrew,
>
>On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 12:39 AM, N. Andrew Walsh [via Lilypond] <
>address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> A side note: it seems to me that one of Abraham's root causes for
>wanting
>> to commercialize the substantial work he's done making engraving
>fonts is
>> his own financial situation.
>>
>
>You have understood the situation correctly!
>
>
>> If this is the case, it might be worth considering some of the
>> crowd-funding mechanisms that support development work. For example,
>though
>> I've never used it before, Patreon ( www.patreon.com) allows groups
>to
>> fund developers with a monthly contribution. One or two people
>chipping in
>> might not amount to much, but a whole lot of people chipping in a bit
>might
>> indeed make up a substantial supplementary income. (one of my
>favorite game
>> mods is funded this way, netting the developer about €1k a month).
>>
>> My concern is that trying to build an income by commercializing fonts
>that
>> have already been out in the wild for a while seems problematic both
>from
>> the side of its viability as a business venture and from the
>licensing side
>> (as well as the social side of a community that's been freely using a
>> resource that now looks to become somewhat less free). Abraham, is
>this an
>> option that you've considered?
>>
>> On the purely abstract level, I'm much more in favor of working from
>> patronage rather than sales and licensing.
>>
>
>I'm really glad you brought this up. To be quite honest, I have
>considered
>it and I continue to wrestle with the idea. I am definitely willing to
>consider this. That way, I can technically continue to offer the fonts
>freely and the regular patronage covers any continued development as
>well
>as user support. In fact, I'd much rather do this if I can feel find a
>crowd-funding service that I feel good about. I have considered Patreon
>before, but before I jump into that, does anyone else have any other
>suggestion? If anyone has first-hand experiences with crowd-funding, I
>would appreciate hearing from you.

You had this "Donate" button online. Did this generate *anything*?


>
>Best,
>Abraham
>
>
>
>
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