Financial Support for Lubuntu

[Phill Whiteside]

I forgot about the shop! My 9.10 pre-installed Ubuntu USB is still going
strong and has gotten me out of a couple of problems :)

Regards,

Phill.

On 18 March 2012 23:55, Jared Norris <jrnorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 19 March 2012 09:47, Julien Lavergne <gilir at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > Le 03/18/2012 06:13 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) a écrit :
> >
> > In 16-12-2011 (still have that Email), I was asking about the Financial
> > Support for Lubuntu, etc and today, I got a Private Message on Ubuntu
> Forum:
> >
> > This is the message that was sent:
> >
> >> ***************
> >> I just had a quick question on how to support Lubuntu financially. I
> have
> >> looked everywhere but I have not found anywhere a way to send money for
> >> Lubuntu development.
> >> I feel it is a good thing to pay for software even it is free.
> >> Many others like LibreOffice do offer that option.
> >> May be you could let me know if that is possible.
> >> Thx for your help, Roman
> >> ***************
> >
> >
> > There are several "problems" to set up Financial support :
> > - Do we, as an Ubuntu derivative, can receive financial support ? We
> depends
> > on Ubuntu, and on some of their resources (ISO building, help from
> Canonical
> > developpers ...), so why just take the money for us ? They deserve it
> also
> > (at least, part of it).
> > - Do we, as a distribution, can receive financial support ? We "just"
> takes
> > some pieces from the open source world (kernel, gcc, LXDE, Xorg ...). so
> why
> > just take the money for us ? They deserve it also
> > - And finally, how to use it ? Pay people who develop ? But why not
> people
> > who test ? Who spread the Lubuntu word ? Everyone deserve it.
> >
> > I'm quite uncomfortable when we talk about this. It's IMO a very
> sensitive
> > topic.
> >
> > If I have to give my opinion, I'll organize it like this :
> > - Give a part to other free software application we used : first LXDE,
> after
> > Ubuntu, Debian, and other small projects (like Sylpheed, Gnome-Mplayer
> ...).
> > - Keep the rest to organize events where people from Lubuntu team can
> work
> > on Lubuntu (like hackfest, or documentation workshop etc ...).
> > Problem is to find the good % for each one :)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Julien Lavergne
> >
> >
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> It is a touchy subject. The most difficult part is finding a way to
> legally hold on to it. The paperwork alone in holding money in most
> places far outweighs the provision of money we would most likely get.
> I personally support Ubuntu as a whole by supporting the PDPC network
> (that runs Freenode as previously suggested), by buying articles from
> the Ubuntu shop (all proceeds go back to Canonical) and I've also seen
> others contribute directly to Ubuntu -
> http://www.ubuntu.com/community/get-involved/donate
>
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> Regards,
>
> Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych)
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris
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