Adding 2 more things that I think could use some sponsorship:

* someone to provide improved responsiveness for issues, pending
bugifxes, and unreleased bugfixes via GitHub, mailing list, and Slack
* improve the documentation ** p l e a s e **

On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 12:25 PM Chris Brody <chris.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Adding CodeFund.io and Bountysource
>
> I am also not so happy that the footer of cordova.apache.org (redirect
> from cordova.io) has a link for sponsorship of *ASF* (Apache) but not
> this project that we have worked so hard to maintain. I have made some
> personal sacrifices for the sake of well-being in the past, looks like
> others have done the same.
>
> http://www.apache.org/foundation/sponsorship.html#FundsGo makes it
> clear that this kind of sponsorship goes to non-code things. I think
> we need to make this clear on our own website, assuming we want to
> keep this link at all.
>
> I am adding another comment that in this day and age, dev
> infrastructure has become extremely affordable and free in many cases.
> Especially for mobile app development which is the obvious purpose of
> this project.
>
> I think we should take the following next steps:
>
> * Raise one or more PRs to either clarify what the existing ASF
> "sponsorship" means or remove it from the Cordova web page
> * raise and pin a new issue in
> https://github.com/apache/cordova/issues with a title such as
> "sustainability" or "sponsorship" where we can raise the
> sustainability issue for public awareness and discussion
> * consider adding a pointer to the home page for the sake of public awareness
> * raise this discussion with the Apache board (I am not sure which part)
> * keep a list of possible fundraising opportunities pending the approval
>
> In terms of personal sacrifices, I have taken multiple client project
> delays in the past in order to help resolve the most urgent issues.
> Unfortunately I am not in a good position to make this kind of a
> sacrifice at this time.
>
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 7:13 AM julio cesar sanchez
> <jcesarmob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Since Cordova is an Apache project, I don't think we can apply to tidelift,
> > we should ask first.
> >
> > For individuals there are the mentioned github sponsors, patreon, searching
> > a company willing to pay a person to work on the project, and probably more
> > that I'm not aware of.
> >
> >
> > El mié., 25 sept. 2019 a las 20:59, Chris Brody (<chris.br...@gmail.com>)
> > escribió:
> >
> > > Thanks Julio. I just tried the link and was told to join a waitlist:(
> > >
> > > Similar results from Tidelift at this time:
> > >
> > >    - https://tidelift.com/lifter/search/npm/cordova-android
> > >    - https://tidelift.com/lifter/search/npm/cordova-ios
> > >    - https://tidelift.com/lifter/search/npm/cordova-cli
> > >    - https://tidelift.com/lifter/search/npm/cordova-lib
> > >    - https://tidelift.com/lifter/search/npm/cordova-common
> > >
> > > I think this kind of sponsorship is pretty badly needed in order to keep 
> > > up
> > > with competitive frameworks such as Capacitor and React Native which *do*
> > > seem to have strong corporate backing and other advantages such as:
> > >
> > >    - no need to wait for a non-standard "device ready" event
> > >    - easy-to-understand MIT licensing terms
> > >
> > > I do think that Apache Cordova continues to have some major advantages to
> > > offer including:
> > >
> > >    - Cordova seems to have *much less* JavaScript and native code per
> > >    platform than Capacitor and React Native
> > >    - Cordova has an extremely strong user community and would be in a very
> > >    strong position to drive standardization of plugin APIs, in a similar
> > >    fashion to the way that Node.js drives its N-API that works across
> > > itself
> > >    and Electron
> > >
> > > Given these advantages, I would really hate to see Cordova die out due to 
> > > a
> > > lack of resources so badly needed.
> > >
> > > Without sponsorship, I am in a position to contributed *very limited time*
> > > to
> > > help with the backlog.
> > >
> > > If sponsored, I may not be the most "affordable", but I do think my years
> > > of experience could provide some excellent value for the entire user
> > > community.
> > >
> > > Thanks and best regards,
> > >
> > > Chris Brody
> > >
> > > https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbrody/
> > >
> > > https://chrisbrody.com/
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 12:06 PM julio cesar sanchez <
> > > jcesarmob...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Maybe you/they can apply here https://github.com/sponsors
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > El mié., 10 abr. 2019 a las 18:27, Chris Brody (<chris.br...@gmail.com>)
> > > > escribió:
> > > >
> > > > > This wonderful project is maintained by a bunch of hard-working
> > > > > volunteers. I think the worst issue is that not enough time is devoted
> > > > > to the much needed bug fixes, dependency updates, documentation, and
> > > > > other maintenance work needed.
> > > > >
> > > > > At the same time there is plenty of talent available to do this kind
> > > > > of work if sponsored. I am also available for short-term projects of
> > > > > this nature. I am unfortunately not able to continue with active
> > > > > maintenance for free at this time.
> > > > >
> > > > > Given the level of industrial usage I think it should be no problem to
> > > > > find and manage the corporate sponsorship that could really help keep
> > > > > Cordova at a consistently top-notch quality level.
> > > > >
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