<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello All,</div> <div> </div> <div>First of all, I would personally suggest to not to have a "Donate" option.</div> <div> </div> <div>The following are the problems that I can see forward in addition with Julien's questions.</div> <div> </div> <div>1) Can we separate Lubuntu derivative fron other Ubuntu derivatives? Are we going to stand alone in this?</div> <div> </div> <div>My thought is 'Not a good idea'.</div> <div><br>2) (If we plan to get donations,) Will it be an easy task to allot money for each open source projects? </div> <div> </div> <div>We have a lots of applications being used in Lubuntu (Though, major parts are LXDE, Kernel and deb. packages) like Libre office and other small projects and from my view, all of them are important. (Thanks for the wonderful poit Julien :) )</div> <div> </div> <div>3) (If we plan to get donations,) Is there any assurity that we wont be bringing up new open source projects into Lubuntu?</div> <div> </div> <div>4) (If we plan to get donations,) Will the community accept it?</div> <div> </div> <div>I can assure you that the answer will be, "Forward them to Ubuntu donate page as we are already doing the same". (Thanks Julien, for the first point and Jared, for the link :] )</div> <div> </div> <div>5) (If we plan to get donations,) how are we going to get the money from? </div> <div> </div> <div>Bringing back the <a href="http://lubuntu.net">lubuntu.net</a>, as mentioned in the previous mails can be considered.(Only after getting the confirmation from the community :) ).</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>I am a bit held up with office works and so I can't come up with more questions. Will be catching back later :)</div> <div> </div> <div>In addition to suggestions in the previous threads, I would suggest those people to get involved in donating it to their LoCo and develop the whole Ubuntu community and not just Lubuntu. Remember, we are here to develop the community too :)</div> <div> </div> <div>From my view, In the future, LoCos are going to play an important role in our Community and we should direct the people(who comes forward to financially support our work) to the respective LoCos, so that they can see the value of their donations through their own eyes and just not by the documents.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks and regards,</div> <div>Mohi </div> <div> </div> <div><br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Michael Basse <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ubuntu@alpha-unix.de">ubuntu@alpha-unix.de</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">Hi all,<br>maybe we can use the money for events like Cebit, LinuxTag and so one to<br>present lubuntu there. We can have CDs to give away, pay the costs for<br> the people which need a hotel and so on.<br><br>Just an idea for what the money can be used.<br><br>Kind Regards<br><br>Michael Basse<br><br><br>Am 19.03.2012 00:47, schrieb Julien Lavergne:<br> <div class="HOEnZb"> <div class="h5">> Le 03/18/2012 06:13 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) a écrit :<br>>> In 16-12-2011 (still have that Email), I was asking about the<br>>> Financial Support for Lubuntu, etc and today, I got a Private Message<br> >> on Ubuntu Forum:<br>>><br>>> This is the message that was sent:<br>>><br>>> ***************<br>>> I just had a quick question on how to support Lubuntu financially.<br>>> I have looked everywhere but I have not found anywhere a way to<br> >> send money for Lubuntu development.<br>>> I feel it is a good thing to pay for software even it is free.<br>>> Many others like LibreOffice do offer that option.<br>>> May be you could let me know if that is possible.<br> >> Thx for your help, Roman<br>>> ***************<br>>><br>>><br>> There are several "problems" to set up Financial support :<br>> - Do we, as an Ubuntu derivative, can receive financial support ? We<br> > depends on Ubuntu, and on some of their resources (ISO building, help<br>> from Canonical developpers ...), so why just take the money for us ?<br>> They deserve it also (at least, part of it).<br>> - Do we, as a distribution, can receive financial support ? We "just"<br> > takes some pieces from the open source world (kernel, gcc, LXDE, Xorg<br>> ...). so why just take the money for us ? They deserve it also<br>> - And finally, how to use it ? Pay people who develop ? But why not<br> > people who test ? Who spread the Lubuntu word ? Everyone deserve it.<br>><br>> I'm quite uncomfortable when we talk about this. It's IMO a very<br>> sensitive topic.<br>><br>> If I have to give my opinion, I'll organize it like this :<br> > - Give a part to other free software application we used : first LXDE,<br>> after Ubuntu, Debian, and other small projects (like Sylpheed,<br>> Gnome-Mplayer ...).<br>> - Keep the rest to organize events where people from Lubuntu team can<br> > work on Lubuntu (like hackfest, or documentation workshop etc ...).<br>> Problem is to find the good % for each one :)<br>><br>> Regards,<br>> Julien Lavergne<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br><br> <br></div></div> <div class="HOEnZb"> <div class="h5">--<br>Lubuntu-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br> <div dir="ltr"> <div><a href="http://techspear.com/" target="_blank">My Site</a><br><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam" target="_blank">Ubuntu Beginners Team</a> Member</div> <div><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam/Membership" target="_blank">Join Us</a></div> <div><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mohan_chml" target="_blank">My Wiki</a></div></div><br></div>