Re: [tdf-discuss] Donations system: pay for a feature

On 05/15/2013 02:03 PM, Joel Madero wrote:
> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster <
> webmaster@krackedpress.com> wrote:
>
> > Spending money, via donations, geared to one feature and not the whole
> > package can be a VERY bad marketing issue.
> >
> > I never liked it.  If you donate money to one feature and it does not get
> > added, or fixed, in "your time line" and not the developer's, it can be a
> > mess.
> >
> > We do not know what can be fixed easily, or if something that looks simple
> > will be a real hard add or fix.  The simple things tend to be not so simple.
> >
> > We cannot even make a paper trail to show an agency [required by] that the
> > donation towards a "feature" would even go to it.  That would make a big
> > legal mess.
> >
> > Paying a third party to "fix" things has been used by spammers for a long
> > time.
>
> +1 to all that, but I think offering a payment and letting a developer opt
> in or out is fine. As long as user and developer understand LibreOffice has
> no part in the process.
>
>
> Best,
> Joel

Any payments and/or donations must be accounted for and if the person 
paying has any intent it to go to xyz, then by regulations we may need 
to account for that payment/donation and where it went to.

That is the real problem with targeted donations and payments.  There 
will be a mess in paperwork to deal with it.  Opt in, opt out, What it 
was used for.  Keeping track of all of who pays what, for what, can cost 
more than thepayment in paperwork and legal fees.



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