First crowdfunding for Apache OpenOffice

2013-10-23 Thread Raphael Bircher
Hi all I prepared a proposal for a testbot, and now I'm searching about 3000 Swiss Francs to turn it in to reality. The testbot is the first step of my quality efforts. Companies who are interested in a height quality Apache OpenOffice can now contact me via email: r...@raphaelbircher.ch The

Re: Crowdfunding for Apache OpenOffice

2013-10-07 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Raphael, 2013/10/7 Raphael Bircher > Hi all > > Am 05.10.13 13:30, schrieb Andrea Pescetti: > > Jörg Schmidt wrote: >> >>> Apache could for example give hints/weblinks how to encrypt emails (that >>> would >>> help people in dictatorships), but that is not the real object of Apache >>> >> >

Re: Crowdfunding for Apache OpenOffice

2013-10-07 Thread Ian Lynch
Probably best to choose a specific feature or aspect of AOO that would be a popular benefit to a lot of people. That is the difficult bit. What is likely to be possible? Maybe further improvements to Word import/export or something? Abilty to fully edit pdf files? Whatever is chosen needs wide appe

Re: Crowdfunding for Apache OpenOffice

2013-10-07 Thread janI
On 7 October 2013 01:28, Raphael Bircher wrote: > Hi all > > Am 05.10.13 13:30, schrieb Andrea Pescetti: > > Jörg Schmidt wrote: >> >>> Apache could for example give hints/weblinks how to encrypt emails (that >>> would >>> help people in dictatorships), but that is not the real object of Apache

Re: Crowdfunding for Apache OpenOffice

2013-10-06 Thread Raphael Bircher
Hi all Am 05.10.13 13:30, schrieb Andrea Pescetti: Jörg Schmidt wrote: Apache could for example give hints/weblinks how to encrypt emails (that would help people in dictatorships), but that is not the real object of Apache That would not be relevant to the project. But if someone has a budge

Re: Crowdfunding for Apache OpenOffice

2013-10-05 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Jörg, 2013/10/5 Jörg Schmidt > Hello, > > > From: Guy Waterval [mailto:waterval@gmail.com] > > > I think it is dangerous when "public" funds support a > > developper in a free > > project in which companies are associated. Just today I had a > > discussion > > with a Windows user saying

Re: Crowdfunding for Apache OpenOffice

2013-10-05 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Jörg Schmidt wrote: Apache could for example give hints/weblinks how to encrypt emails (that would help people in dictatorships), but that is not the real object of Apache That would not be relevant to the project. But if someone has a budget to spend in improving Apache OpenOffice, this would

Re: Crowdfunding for Apache OpenOffice

2013-10-05 Thread Jörg Schmidt
Hello, > From: Guy Waterval [mailto:waterval@gmail.com] > I think it is dangerous when "public" funds support a > developper in a free > project in which companies are associated. Just today I had a > discussion > with a Windows user saying he did not like the free projects > because he >

Re: Crowdfunding for Apache OpenOffice

2013-10-05 Thread Jörg Schmidt
Hello, > From: Andrea Pescetti [mailto:pesce...@apache.org] > There's an ongoing discussion at > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/community-dev/201310. > mbox/date > that may offer some useful information even if the issue is slightly > different (a committer, in another Apache projec

Re: Crowdfunding for Apache OpenOffice

2013-10-04 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Andrea, I think it is dangerous when "public" funds support a developper in a free project in which companies are associated. Just today I had a discussion with a Windows user saying he did not like the free projects because he considered that in these models, the volunteers are the losers and

Re: Crowdfunding for Apache OpenOffice

2013-10-04 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Jörg Schmidt wrote: From: Raphael Bircher [mailto:r.birc...@gmx.ch] outside ASF. But maybe we should create a guidline how Crowdfunding could work on our community, and how we can support such activity. There's an ongoing discussion at http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/community-dev/2013

Re: Crowdfunding for Apache OpenOffice

2013-10-03 Thread Jörg Schmidt
Hello Raphael, *, > From: Raphael Bircher [mailto:r.birc...@gmx.ch] > I beleve this is a realy important topic. If we want to grow, we need > more professional ressource. We all know, founding for > development most > going on outside ASF. But maybe we should create a guidline how > Crowdfu

Re: Crowdfunding for Apache OpenOffice

2013-10-03 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Raphael Bircher wrote: > Hi at all > > I beleve this is a realy important topic. If we want to grow, we need more > professional ressource. We all know, founding for development most going on > outside ASF. But maybe we should create a guidline how Crowdfunding coul

Crowdfunding for Apache OpenOffice

2013-10-03 Thread Raphael Bircher
Hi at all I beleve this is a realy important topic. If we want to grow, we need more professional ressource. We all know, founding for development most going on outside ASF. But maybe we should create a guidline how Crowdfunding could work on our community, and how we can support such activit