Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Donations (was: New features in Mail app)

[Jason Wies]

I think this is a very good idea.  phpGroupWare obviously has a huge user base, 
including quite a bit of corporate users.  I tend to think a lot of donations 
would come through this, simply through having it be available (and linked to 
after downloading, after receiving an answer in the forums, bug tracker, etc).  
I also think the payee should have the option of "fine-graining" where their 
money goes.  Ie (numbers aren't important):

(1) General thank-you
(2) Future development
(3-70) Thank-you for <appname>
(71-140) Future development for <appname>
(140-220) Thank-you to <developer>
(220-300) Future development for <developer>

(1), (2), (71-140), and (220-300) would all be put in the general community 
pot, most likely managed by a controlling company (Clear River Tech?  I'm not 
exactly sure how that relationship works).  (3-70) would go directly to the 
programmer(s) responsible for the application, and obviously (140-220) would go 
directly to the developer.  A lot of users have had good experiences with a 
particular app or helpful developer and might donate that way.

I'm actually more hopeful that they would donate under the Future development 
categories, in which case the controlling company would be able to pay willing 
developers to work on specific projects, and would generally speed up 
developement.  I don't think the non-core developers should demand direct 
payments for those things either; a controlling company would be able to ensure 
the money is distibuted as it should be, and that it actually benefits 
phpGroupWare in the end.  Of course anything that might take money away from 
the core developers would be bad in my opinion; we need leaders (both in 
management and code), and I wouldn't think of diverting funds from them (again 
a bit ignorant of how exactly that works).

Just my (quick) thoughts.

Jason Wies aka Zone

On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 01:42:47PM -0600, Spot wrote:
> Speaking of that.... It would be nice to have a paypal donation thing on the
> phpgw website for people that want to contribute. I would throw some cash
> your way. As well as work a nice donation from the company I'm with.
> 
> 
> Spot
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Kuykendall (Seek3r) [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 1:39 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] New features in Mail app
> 
> 
> Tony (Angles) Puglisi wrote:
> > 
> > Tell me what you want and you got it, be specific because I tend to forget
> things.
> > If there's any coding help I will need I'll ask you, lemme take a look
> first.
> 
> Inbox filters!!
> I will paypal or send you a personal check for $50 if you stop
> procrastinating on this and start getting some code in.
> I know $50 isnt much... but thats the offer.
> 
> Seek3r
> 
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