On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Linas Vepstas wrote: > On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 09:52:53AM -0500, Linas Vepstas was heard to remark: > > > > A prototype web page explaining how to donate to the gnucash project > > can be reviewed at > > > > http://www.gnucash.org/en/donations.phtml > > Its now linked to the various menus and other pages. > > It also contains a summary of the current financial position. > Is this a good idea? a bad idea? Will more people donate > if they don't know how much money we have? Or will they > donate when they see how open and transparent our records are?
I don't know - but it's in the spirit of "open" as in source. I think its also useful for the general public: 1) one can either see that making (some) OSS is a hard "business" that is hardly being done for the money or 2) that OSS projects can be a form of survival too depends on how much will be donated. OTOH if the amount is high you'll get inquires about "who got the money"? IMHO, *t -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Tomas Pospisek http://sourcepole.com - Linux & Open Source Solutions ----------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
