Hello Bernhard, On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 4:04 AM, Bernhard Dippold <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi mak, all, > > As 100 bdt are around 1 Euro, this means 250 € for 500 DVD. > > Generally CDs and DVDs are not given away for free, but for a small amount > of money - either the costs we have or a small donation. > > This avoids people to take them as free gifts and throw them away > afterwards. > In Europe about 1 Euro is not really much - everybody interested in a copy > of OOo will be able to pay that much, but for Bangladesh I don't know if it > is reasonable to ask for money at all or what would be a comparable amount > of money. > > 1 Euro in Europe means about 1/2000 of the money an average employee takes > home every month. > I agree with you, haven't thought this perspective. For the WTO (TRIPS) waiver for Bangladesh till 2013, people pays (not more than 50 bdt) for CD/DVD only to get the pirated copy of the other office suite or any other software. So, I guess we can ask for a token price of 25 bdt (0.2515), not more. We can produce all the DVD ourselves, selling all those DVD would reimburse. But, what if we can't sale the whole lot, I'm requesting 15 bdt for each CD as a subsidy, we shall arrange the rest 15 taka to of total 30 taka to do the DVD from here: http://worldcomltd.com/contact.html I will retain all invoice for you. > *T-Shirt (20 X 100 bdt) = 2,000 bdt * >> >> This is for active OO.o volunteer, mostly l10n contributors, this would be >> the first time we can reconcile their efforts. >> >> > +1 > > The other proposed expenses seem reasonable for me (it's not comparable to > European prices), so I'd support your request. > Thank your for supporting us. -- ----------------------- Mahay Alam Khan gpg key: 4FDD30FB http://twitpic.com/photos/mahayalamkhan
