Donation to Jenkins

[Tim Pizey]

Hi,

I suggested to work that we donate to Jenkins.

I got the following feedback:
1. Donations only accepted in dollars - this means more work and
scrutiny by central accounts
2. All credit card purchases are scrutinised
3. Setting Jenkins up as a supplier on our financial system is not a
cost free exercise
4. Our system is setup to work primarily with a purchase order and invoice

So I have donated in a private capacity (I use Jenkins for my own
software as well as work's).

https://co.clickandpledge.com/advanced/Receipt.aspx gives the product
as "Software in the PublicI"
which is a bit odd.

It would be really nice if I got a key which Jenkins understood and I
was able to put into the configuration, such that my installation of
Jenkins displayed a button or some additional styling which said
something like 'A paid up installation of Jenkins: Supporting Open
Source Software by paying for it'.

cheers
Tim

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[Christopher Orr]

Hi Tim,

On 19/09/11 00:07, Tim Pizey wrote:
> I suggested to work that we donate to Jenkins.

Great idea!

> I got the following feedback:
> 1. Donations only accepted in dollars - this means more work and
> scrutiny by central accounts

According to Debian (an SPI stablemate), it seems that the SPI already
has a partnership with a European association, ffis, where donations can
be made to a European bank account.

See http://www.ffis.de/Verein/spi-en.html

I wish I knew this before I made my credit card payment in dollars! ;)
If this is correct, this info definitely needs to be on the Jenkins
donation wiki page :)

> 2. All credit card purchases are scrutinised
> 3. Setting Jenkins up as a supplier on our financial system is not a
> cost free exercise
> 4. Our system is setup to work primarily with a purchase order and invoice

Interesting. I would note that other donation options are listed here
http://www.spi-inc.org/donations/ although still they remain in dollars.

Maybe if you send them an email, the SPI (or the ffis) would be amenable
to sending invoices on-demand in response to donation "purchase orders"?

> So I have donated in a private capacity (I use Jenkins for my own
> software as well as work's).
>
> https://co.clickandpledge.com/advanced/Receipt.aspx gives the product
> as "Software in the PublicI"
> which is a bit odd.

As above, Jenkins is part of "Software in the Public Interest" (SPI)
which explains the name. They're the ones handling the donations,
payment systems etc.

> It would be really nice if I got a key which Jenkins understood and I
> was able to put into the configuration, such that my installation of
> Jenkins displayed a button or some additional styling which said
> something like 'A paid up installation of Jenkins: Supporting Open
> Source Software by paying for it'.

Maybe you can add an option to the Page Markup Plugin ;)

Regards,
Chris

PS. I notice that the general SPI donation page gives an option for
recurring donations that the Jenkins-specific page does not have:
https://co.clickandpledge.com/advanced/default.aspx?wid=34115

Is there a way of showing that on the Jenkins-specific page too?