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I think André has a good idea there. A wiki page is pretty good for condensing this kind of info. If any qualms arise, we can either discuss on the talk page or here in this mailing list.<br /><br />Nicolas Maia<br />
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Enviado seguramente pelo Tutanota. Torne sua caixa de correio criptografada hoje mesmo!
<a href="https://tutanota.com" target="_blank">https://tutanota.com</a><br /><br />27. Abr 2016 22:19 por <a href="mailto:emulatorman@riseup.net" target="_blank">emulatorman@riseup.net</a>:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;">On 04/26/2016 09:28 PM, Luke wrote:<blockquote>Hello,<br />It has come to my attention that some of our developers are now working<br />full-time on Parabola (and not getting paid enough to even pay the bills!).<br />We should come up with a plan to give these hard workers a minimum<br />living wage. The only way I see this possible will be a weekly or<br />monthly giving program, the other options such as KickStarter or<br />IndieGogo are not sustainable on the long-term.<br /><br />As such, I think we should reach a consensus on a good monthly giving<br />platform to use for the project, and how the money will be distributed.<br /><br />I think that the core developers that are working full-time should be<br />paid a reasonable living wage amount for their efforts, and any excess<br />could be given as bounty to part-time volunteers for fixing complex<br />bugs, and/or to help grow the much needed infrastructure.<br /><br />In any case, here are the available platforms that are: a)<br />Libre/OpenSource and b) Monthly or weekly payments options to encourage<br />continued sustainable donations:<br /><br />* GratiPay - <a target="_blank" href="https://gratipay.com/">https://gratipay.com</a><br />* Liberapay - <a target="_blank" href="https://liberapay.com/">https://liberapay.com</a> (Better I think, since it includes<br />Team payment)<br /><br />Others/non-free: Patreon, do nxt, etc.<br /><br />Taxes etc. would need to be handled by Ceate, but I don't think that<br />will be an issue since we already have a good relationship with them for<br />our current donations.<br /><br />Thoughts?<br /><br />Luke</blockquote><br />Good idea Luke, we could create a page called "Crowd-Founding" like we<br />did with Donations [0] and put it for the Support section in our main<br />page below "Donate". What do you think?<br /><br />[0]:<a target="_blank" href="https://wiki.parabola.nu/Donations">https://wiki.parabola.nu/Donations</a></blockquote> </body>
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