On 4/26/22 12:47 'melcher....@googlemail.com' via fltk.coredev wrote:
Hi Gonzalo,
thanks you for your very nice idea to contribute to FLTK. Please understand that we can not check mails daily on the multiple discussions groups, and reactions sometimes take a while until our daily chores, jobs, families etc. allow us to react to FLTK messages, as for most (all?) of us, writing for this library is a hobby.
I couldn't have said it better. Thank you, Gonzalo, for your great offer, this is very much appreciated.
As for me personally, I appreciate your offer very much. I would like to ask the other devs for suggestions on how to use this amount in a way that benefits FLTK. Not sure who is currently paying the registration fees for fltk.org, but maybe this would make up for some of the server cost and help FLTK.org to stay online? @Albrecht?
Currently Greg ("Erco") is paying for the FLTK server hosting and I believe this would be the best choice to help with money. However I don't know how to transfer the money (technically) and to organize such donations transparently if possible. I'm not sure if there is an account of the hosting company that can be used to accumulate some money to pay the bills in advance or whatever. Such details could only be answered by Greg.
If someone knows of a good way to open "an account for donations" (Paypal or whatever) or something similar which we can use to pay for the server all input would be appreciated.
HiIs there a link for donation?
No, it's technically difficult to accept money (taxes and whatnot),
but thanks for the offer.
I've been covering the cost of the server and fltk domain,
which AFAIK are the only hard costs for FLTK.
And after switching server providers a few years ago, the cost is down
to around $125/yr which is fairly comfortable.