yorik wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2015 1:56 pm
Interesting read:
https://krita.org/item/funding-krita/
Some people asked me about a "donate" button, there was one on the sourceforge page, that linked to Jürgen's paypal account I think. We could place that button on the freecadweb homepage, no?
In any case, the money question is becoming recurrent... More and more people are wanting to pay... Maybe it is time to think of good uses we could do with money? There is also the problem of organizing this, I suppose if you begin to gather a significative amount of money, you need a kind of structure (foundation, etc...) I have no idea of how much effort and work is needed to put in setting up and maintaining a foundation...
Hello Yorik and from
GitHub also mentioned Kurt aka kkremitzki I wanted to know if this is the right place to share my proposal?
(I'm currently part messenger, part volunteer to make this happen and part years long supporter of FreeCAD as Open Source Enthusiast and engineer)
So I can see, this Idea of a FreeCAD Foundation might sound appealing, though I agree on what I've read in the Wiki this might be considered wisely as of admin workload included. Though I have to say funding some FreeCAD devs fulltime would be somthing I very much would like to see. I'm not a software developer so I can only offer my help in providing the contacts, help with coordination and partnerships in making this happen.
The 2 Years funding option might also work for some developers specifically, though it is funding within a German research and development project connected to Open Source Hardware toolchain development. So it would be a collaboration close to real life situation hand in hand with engineers (not stating if this is a good or bad thing in software development, but from what I've seen in all the Facebook, Forum and GitHub Diskussions since 2016 it might not be too bad to join forces.)
So I would like to know what the fastest way to discuss this would be? As the opportunity is closing in fast and I would like to propose a solution.
Could be
a) a FreeCAD Foundation (based in Germany, Support from OSE Germany and others included)
b) Developer Team based on individual contracts
c) A solution proposed by the FreeCAD Developers/Community
As this would be not private but public money we have to keep some legal boundaries (as work location/legal entity in Germany etc.) but I'm happy to go for wild and bold solutions like "board and lodging in Hamburg for some Dev sprints" or the already proposed FreeCAD Founddation, or finding a partner/umbrella organisation with seat in Germany to function as a host for FreeCAD as mentioned in the Wiki.
Please help me find the right place to present this properly in the forums. Time is precious in this case (and always).