Yeah, I know this stuff (I make donation on regular basis), but, believe me, this is quite confusing.
For example, you say that with liberapay money is splitted between the programmers. But who the FPA is? They are still programmers... or not?
Another example: you say that you can donate to single programmers. Usually this programmers are focused on a single workbench or area. It not would be better if I could choose to sponsor/donate the "Path workbench" as a whole?
If the programmer "Sliptonic" (
) moves from the Path Workbench to the Lattice workbench because that has become his new passion, then I have to redirect my donation. This sounds complicated.
I repeat, I'm not talking about me, but for the newbie approaching to Freecad for the first time.
In my vision, all should be more simple. The options should be:
1. Donate/sponsor Freecad as a whole
2. Donate/sponsor a specific workbench
Nothing more than this.
P.S.
Anyway, I could make a fancy diagram about sponsorship/donations, if there is any interest to pubblish it on the Freecad website. I think it could help people to understand the available options at the moment.