From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2009-12-20T21:40:06+09:00
Subject: Re: How to fund an open-source project?

On 20.12.2009 02:28, Eleanor McHugh wrote:

> Also as things stand I share many of the problems you had at the
> outset: aside from the occasional argument here on Ruby-Talk and some
> geeky conference presentations I don't have a particularly high
> community profile and as I've not been involved in open source before
> I don't even have a public repository of old code that people can
> check to decide if my time's a good investment.

Although I can't remember having seen any code of yours I definitively 
appreciate your postings here.  Your community profile might be better 
than you believe. :-)

My 0.02 EUR: why not invest half a day and write up a project outline 
with enough detail so people can get a clear impression of your vision, 
put it on a website and provide a means to collect funding commitments 
(maybe something with a google docs hosted form could work)?  You could 
even keep individual names private if people wish so, which might be the 
case for various reasons.

Warm regards

	robert

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