Financial Support for Lubuntu

[mohi]

Hi amjjawad,

Just redirect him to the main Ubuntu 'donate' page for now :)

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A lot of to discuss and there is not enough time for all of this, sad but
> true :(
>
> Long story short, shall I reply that guy that we don't have or don't
> accept any financial support at the moment? shall I come up with my own
> version of a standard answer? so far, personally, I got one request
> regarding this issue but for this request and others in future, what is the
> final and the direct answer for that? I don't want to come up with my own
> just like that ... I understand what has been written here but again, no
> time to discuss all that, all of us are busy and I see every time we open a
> discussion, it takes long time and sometimes with no final answer :( I'm
> blaming NO ONE here because I know for a fact why is that ... I just want
> to close this and move on to the other stuff :)
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 3:47 AM, 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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