From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Donations Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 11:13:58 +0200 Message-ID: <075ABAE0-ECF2-4669-8937-6B8284477B95@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MCVV2-0000xu-1i for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:14:08 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MCVUx-0000ub-Cl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:14:07 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53093 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MCVUw-0000uR-QA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:14:03 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f210.google.com ([209.85.219.210]:49216) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MCVUw-0006ea-FZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:14:02 -0400 Received: by ewy6 with SMTP id 6so2772466ewy.42 for ; Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:14:01 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs org-mode mailing list Hi everyone, a while ago I was contacted by one of the members of this mailing list, asking me if there was a way to compensate me for the sustained effort I put into developing and maintaining Org-mode. It was not the first inquiry I had in this direction, but this time the author was more persuasive. The way he put it was that Org-mode did create more value for him than he ever got out of Microsoft Office or any other similar and expensive program. This whole story ended in a generous donation in exchange for a signed printed manual and a laminated reference card. At first this seemed like an odd idea, because I do develop Org-mode out of passion, craziness, addiction and for fun. But it is true that over the past 6 years I have probably put thousands of hours into this project. Long story short: There is now a PayPal donation button on the website. Any money arriving there will be used to keep me in the same happy state that has enabled me to do this work for the last couple of years, and it will also be used for hardware that I might need, like the next laptop for my commute (my main source of coding time) or some mobile device to help creating a mobile arm for Org-mode. Make no mistake: Org-mode is "free", both as in "freedom" and as in "free of charge", and always will be. But for those of you who feel that a donation would be a good way to contribute, this is now possible. Regards - Carsten