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 :)<div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Phill.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 March 2012 23:55, Jared Norris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jrnorris@gmail.com">jrnorris@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On 19 March 2012 09:47, Julien Lavergne <<a href="mailto:gilir@ubuntu.com">gilir@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Le 03/18/2012 06:13 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) a écrit :<br>
><br>
> In 16-12-2011 (still have that Email), I was asking about the Financial<br>
> Support for Lubuntu, etc and today, I got a Private Message 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. I have<br>
>> looked everywhere but I have not found anywhere a way to send money for<br>
>> 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 depends<br>
> on Ubuntu, and on some of their resources (ISO building, help from Canonical<br>
> developpers ...), so why just take the money for us ? They deserve it also<br>
> (at least, part of it).<br>
> - Do we, as a distribution, can receive financial support ? We "just" takes<br>
> some pieces from the open source world (kernel, gcc, LXDE, Xorg ...). so why<br>
> just take the money for us ? They deserve it also<br>
> - And finally, how to use it ? Pay people who develop ? But why not people<br>
> 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 sensitive<br>
> 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, after<br>
> Ubuntu, Debian, and other small projects (like Sylpheed, Gnome-Mplayer ...).<br>
> - Keep the rest to organize events where people from Lubuntu team can work<br>
> 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>
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</div>It is a touchy subject. The most difficult part is finding a way to<br>
legally hold on to it. The paperwork alone in holding money in most<br>
places far outweighs the provision of money we would most likely get.<br>
I personally support Ubuntu as a whole by supporting the PDPC network<br>
(that runs Freenode as previously suggested), by buying articles from<br>
the Ubuntu shop (all proceeds go back to Canonical) and I've also seen<br>
others contribute directly to Ubuntu -<br>
<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/community/get-involved/donate" target="_blank">http://www.ubuntu.com/community/get-involved/donate</a><br>
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