Always negative

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Fri Oct 4 17:08:30 EDT 2019


BTW, LiveCode has set up their own Kickstarter-type web site in the past. 
Maybe they'd be willing to help with that if they aren't too busy.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On October 4, 2019 3:51:49 AM Richmond via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Yes, I am willing to organise a fundraiser to help finance ironing out
> LiveCode bugs.
>
> I am, however, not sure how to go about that;
>
> 1. Set up a 'thing' on Indiegogo (because this is not a fund-raiser to
> have a set lower limit)?
>
> 2. Link it to a dedicated bank account belonging to LiveCode?
>
> 3. Perform some sort of triage to rank LC bugs?
>
> 4. Have a way to award badges for people who donate to squash particular
> bugs?
>
> I believe that this is quite a useful model:
> https://home.unicode.org/adopt-a-character/
>
> If this would work I am more than willing to "put my time where my mouth
> is" and run this.
>
> On 4.10.19 9:51, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
>> The fundraiser idea has been discussed before in regard to desired new
>> feature requests but it could easily be done for bugs as well. It only
>> needs someone to organize it. Are you willing?
>>
>> --
>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>>
>> On October 4, 2019 12:20:32 AM Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Not entirely.
>>>
>>>
>>> I can put for what I regard as a positive suggestion. Whether it is
>>> doable
>>> and makes any business sense is a big question.
>>>
>>>
>>> Stop all continuing development for a fixed period of time (6 months,
>>> say)
>>> and attempt to sort out as many of the outstanding bugs as possible.
>>>
>>>
>>> Have a fundraiser where individuals could sponsor specific bugs and
>>> features they really wanted seeing to.
>>>
>>>
>>> Even "Awful Richmond" would stump up some money for that.
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