Could that PayPal link perhaps (also) point to a page in English? We lazy monolingual users from the "Verenigde Staten" and the "Verenigd Koninkrijk" might find our countries names in the pull down list somewhat more easily. :-)
sb On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Carsten Dominik <carsten.domi...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi everyone, > > a while ago I was contacted by one of the members of this > mailing list, asking me if there was a way to compensate > me for the sustained effort I put into developing and > maintaining Org-mode. It was not the first inquiry I had in > this direction, but this time the author was more persuasive. > The way he put it was that Org-mode did create more value for > him than he ever got out of Microsoft Office or any other > similar and expensive program. This whole story ended in a > generous donation in exchange for a signed printed manual > and a laminated reference card. > > At first this seemed like an odd idea, because I do > develop Org-mode out of passion, craziness, addiction and > for fun. But it is true that over the past 6 years I have > probably put thousands of hours into this project. > > Long story short: There is now a PayPal donation button on > the website. Any money arriving there will be used to > keep me in the same happy state that has enabled me to do this > work for the last couple of years, and it will also be used > for hardware that I might need, like the next laptop for my > commute (my main source of coding time) or some mobile > device to help creating a mobile arm for Org-mode. > > Make no mistake: Org-mode is "free", both as in "freedom" and > as in "free of charge", and always will be. But for those of > you who feel that a donation would be a good way to contribute, > this is now possible. > > Regards > > - Carsten > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >
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