Here http://www.linuxfund.org/projects/inkscape/ you can donate to improve inkscape, I will donate , not uch as im kinda broke but if we all donate even 5 euros we can do a lot.
I gave 5.
Official donate to imrove Inkscpae.
Re: Official donate to imrove Inkscpae.
Nah... that isn't official stuff at all. Currently Inkscape doesn't raise any funds. However, if you want to donate some money you can do that via Sourceforge:
http://sourceforge.net/project/project_ ... p_id=93438
Every developer with a '$' next to his/her nick accepts donations:
http://sourceforge.net/project/memberli ... p_id=93438
http://sourceforge.net/project/project_ ... p_id=93438
Every developer with a '$' next to his/her nick accepts donations:
http://sourceforge.net/project/memberli ... p_id=93438
Re: Official donate to imrove Inkscpae.
aho wrote:Nah... that isn't official stuff at all.
So do you know how it works? I seen the same info on Inkscape.org so assumed it was an official relationship.
How does Inkscape work with donations? Linux fund is trying to raise $1300--how is that money used? I expect the SF donating system is simply a way to reward developers for the time they've spent. But $1300 sounds like it you're hiring a contractor to do the work?
Re: Official donate to imrove Inkscpae.
Oh it's indeed linked from inkscape.org. My bad. It's some kind of bounty thing then. You pay someone to implement some specific features.
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Re: Official donate to imrove Inkscpae.
microUgly wrote:aho wrote:Nah... that isn't official stuff at all.
So do you know how it works? I seen the same info on Inkscape.org so assumed it was an official relationship.
How does Inkscape work with donations? Linux fund is trying to raise $1300--how is that money used? I expect the SF donating system is simply a way to reward developers for the time they've spent. But $1300 sounds like it you're hiring a contractor to do the work?
It says in the description how the money will be used:
* Rewrite the text toolbar font selection dropdown
* Redesign the text attributes dialog
* Implement numeric/user-controllable kerning control
* Fix outstanding bugs: #168320, #181663, #168273, #167565, #172120, #168064, #269625
Re: Official donate to imrove Inkscpae.
hellocatfood wrote:It says in the description how the money will be used:* Rewrite the text toolbar font selection dropdown
* Redesign the text attributes dialog
* Implement numeric/user-controllable kerning control
* Fix outstanding bugs: #168320, #181663, #168273, #167565, #172120, #168064, #269625
I knew how it would be "used", but I don't understand how it works. As in, who is paid to do the work, and how is such a person chosen. Did someone approach Linuxfund and say, "for $1300 I'll write code for these features and bugs". I'm just curious.
EDIT: ... or is LinuxFund themselves a commercial business, accepting money to work on OS software?
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Re: Official donate to imrove Inkscpae.
My understanding was they already have the money for it. Linuxfund manage the cash that comes from a charity credit card.
If you want to donate straight to inkscape theres a link from the sourceforge project page.
If you want to donate straight to inkscape theres a link from the sourceforge project page.
Re: Official donate to imrove Inkscpae.
Linux Fund is a nonprofit organization that contacted the core developers to identify who is most appropriate to implement the features we wanted to prioritized. Michael Dexter, Linux Fund.