From: Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@...>
Date: 2009-12-24T00:32:19+09:00
Subject: Re: How to fund an open-source project?

On 20 Dec 2009, at 12:40, Robert Klemme wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for the suggestion Robert, I think I'll give that a go over Xmas as I may have the luxury of a day or two to myself :)


Ellie

Eleanor McHugh
Games With Brains
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