On 14 December 2013 23:07, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 10/12/2013 jan i wrote: > >> It seems crowdfunding is slowly becomming more accepted and funding is >> possible for opensource projects. >> Something to think about, if we want a bigger task done. >> > > Indeed this is a good option. Of course, Apache does not pay for > developers and doesn't accept targeted donations, so the way it can work > for us is (exactly like the Apache Tapestry case) that an individual or a > group asks for donations, outside the project, for a dedicated development > task. > > Code will then have to pass the usual review and QA steps before it is > accepted and released, so developers should mention that they cannot > guarantee that the project will accept the code. > > And a standard disclaimer, from the dev@community thread, is: > --- > Disclaimer: This campaign is done by me, FOO, as an independent > individual, not by the Apache Software Foundation nor the Apache OpenOffice > project. I'm not representing the Foundation in any way in this campaign > nor does Apache endorse it. The Foundation has a policy of not paying for > development work. All its members are volunteers. Any code I'll write or > change will pass the usual OpenOffice team approval process. > --- > It is now on the web page as well, and infra pages link to it. http://community.apache.org/committers/funding-disclaimer.html We had a fun discussion about who has read/write access to those pages, but that solved. rgds jan I. > Raphael had announced a similar initiative on this list, but I don't know > if the funding target has already been reached. > > Regards, > Andrea. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
