21 Nov
2019
21 Nov
'19
9:37 a.m.
On Thursday 21 November 2019 10:56:25 Michael wrote:
{Moving to new thread, might have snipped too much}
On Thursday 21 November 2019 08:51:24 am William Morder via
trinity-users
wrote:
It would be nice.
However the last time I saw a plea from Tim for donations, years ago now,
I could not convince paypal that Tim was a registered recipient of
funds, so I asked Tim on this list for a place to send a check, 2 or 3
times. Never got a reply. I am a firm believer in TANSTAAFL, have a bank
balance that makes a $100 check annually un-noticable. Never getting a
reply means its never been sent, but its there and I feel bad for not
having supported what I think is a very worthwhile free software
endeavor. I'm not a huge user of paypal, ebays click and done has worked
simpler although my bank occasionally emails me a confirmation request,
so theres been no real reason to use paypal. If I knew where to send it,
its trivial to have my bank issue the check. But Tim never answered me,
privately or on this list. So there it is.
On Thursday 21 November 2019 06:25:42 Felmon
Davis wrote:
Years ago I decided I was going to donate $200 per year to some open
source project. Occasionally I’d split it up, but most often it went
o Drupal, as that is (was [1]) the open source project my business
relies on. Last year I sent it to TDE. This year I’m splitting it
between TDE, MX Linux, and Backdrop CMS.
But, like Felmon, I received zero acknowledgment it was received. (To
be fair, I’ve never received any acknowledgment from any donation I’ve
made to people at xda-developers either, so maybe it’s just a sole
proprietor thing?)
I’m pretty sure donations to TDE don’t make a dent in Tim’s account
receivables, but . . .
Questions:
- Has anyone ever received a donation acknowledgment from Tim?
- Is there a donation acknowledgment page somewhere?
- Do we, the donators, think we should get one? On Thu, 21 Nov 2019, William Morder via
trinity-users wrote:
There are worse things to invest in, than having a computer desktop
that actually works. As for that lost donation, perhaps I will find
warmth in my
heart, and enough money in my account, to make up for the creepy
insincerity of the previous retracted-but-never-truly-offered
donation of others. I can't promise anything now, but maybe in
another couple months. I will put my money where somebody else
only talks.
been thinking of sending something anyway, but retirement puts a
crimp in one's wallet. besides I sent something a yr ago and got
no acknowledgement which makes me worry about our founder. - Tim how are you doing? (Talk to us man!)
OT Questions:
- Does anyone else make a set amount of donations per year?
- Pro’s? Con’s?
- What other methods do people use for rewarding open source?
Best All,
Michael
[1]
In case anyone cares (this was the last ‘prediction’ for the next year
thread), here’s a overview explanation I did 2 years ago:
https://www.drupal.org/forum/general/news-and-announcements/2018-02-11
/predictions-for-2018
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