Donating to GnuCash

[Derek Atkins]

I have no idea why so many people have issues with Paypal.  I've used
them for years without incident.  But perhaps I'm just more careful 
with my account.

Anyways, GncCash is currently set up to accept dontations via
SourceForge (which implies using Paypal), which effectively come to an
account I own at this time.  We do not have a 503(c) set up, and don't
have a good place to send a check or money order for a donation,
(unless again you trust me to dole out the funds appropriately).

-derek

John Steele Scott <toojays at toojays.net> writes:

> On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 15:53, Chris A. wrote:
>> Would it be possible for a number of users to donate money towards new
>> features? The GnuCash team could decide what features are most needed (both
>> internal stuff and new user features), and we could either put bounties on
>> the features, or pay for a developer to take a day off work and code for
>> gnucash instead.
>
> A good bounty system sounds like an excellent idea, although I have no idea 
> how they work in practice. There are some features which I am sure many 
> people would pay some small amount to have, although none of us would want to 
> pay the large amount.
>
> For instance, one feature I would be willing to put some cash towards is the 
> ability to "bookmark" reports. I alone would only want to spend maybe $25-$50 
> on this work, but if 10 or 20 other list users felt the same way, maybe we 
> could make it happen faster than just waiting for someone to do it in their 
> own time.
>
> A couple of semi-random thoughts about this . . .
>
> Although practically, the code is all that is important, I think most of us 
> would prefer to have this work done by someone who is already a Gnucash 
> developer, seeing as they would best know the code, but also as a kind of 
> reward for work already done (although that is just a sentimental reason, not 
> a business one). Also someone who has been in the Gnucash community for some 
> time is more likely to be trustworthy, which is important for those of us who 
> would be sending money overseas.
>
> One thing I hate about most free software donation methods is that they use 
> PayPal, and I have heard so many bad stories about them. I know that I can 
> buy a US money order at Australia Post, but this kind of thing has large 
> transaction costs, so an electronic alternative would be good. I have seen 
> some developers use Amazon wishlists as a way for supporters to reward them, 
> but "cash is king", as they say.
>
> Another thing I would pay money for is some high quality documentation for 
> report writing, similar to the "gentle introduction to Emacs Lisp" which I 
> have mentioned once before on this list. That said, it would probably be 
> cheaper just to pay someone to write custom reports for me (although I really 
> would like to know how to do them myself).
>
> I know at one stage there was a company called Gnumatic based around GnuCash, 
> but I think that has disappeared, so maybe that shows the difficulty of 
> getting financial support for consumer-targetted software.
>
> Last thing, financial contributors would probably like to have their name up 
> in lights (or at least in a subsection of the "About" box).
>
> cheers,
>
> John
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