PanoTools:
Re: Re: Migration Timeline
Fulvio Senore 2005-Mar-13 17:05:01
John,
asking for money is always a good way to make people angry...
It seems that you have decided that "The bottom line is that being a
PanoTools members is no longer going to be a free ride."
One problem is that YOU have decided it, but what makes you think that
you have the right to decide it?
Another problem is that if you start asking for money to let people be
part of the list, many other people could start asking money too, and
with better reasons. Let's not forget that this list is about software.
Software is the reason why this list exists, not the opposite. It seem
curious to me that people should pay for being part of a list that
discusses software that is free or very cheap.
I have developed some software for free, and I don't regret it. I have
even had fun developing it. I must admit that I don't believe that I
could make much money with that software and this has helped me to do it
for free. But if somebody starts charging money just to discuss the
software that I have contributed to develop for free I start feeling a
little stupid.
I want to keep the panotools software free and I don't want to feel
stupid, so I believe that it is better to give up forced donations.
Fulvio Senore
John Spikowski ha scritto:
>I'm asking active members that actually profit from the use of PanoTools to
>donate. I'm sure there are current members on a fixed income that $25.00
>would cause stress in their life and would have to go without. I'm not
>asking anyone to donate and then end up homeless. I'm not a idiot and can
>tell which members are more than a weekend shutterbug. The bottom line is
>that being a PanoTools members is no longer going to be a free ride. If
>there are members on the list that can give a little more to compensate for
>the members that can't, then that will work also.
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>If someone wants to match my $50,000+ in unbillable time and out of pocket
>expenses I have donated to PanoToools, then I'll be more sympathetic to the
>users that can't come up with the one time $25.00 donation I'm asking for.
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>John
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>>On 12 Mar 2005 at 11:31, John Spikowski wrote:
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>>>>Idon't understand. Only sponsoring members should vote?
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>>>If you don't want to help out with a donation to keep this list
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>>>right direction, don't bitch when your concerns and requests
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>>I personally can't donate money at the moment. I barely can charge my
>>own internet costs. I try to compensate this by giving knowhow to the
>>community. I think this situation applies to others as well.
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>>I would consider it fair if you do a small statistic and give the
>>same right to the 50 most contributing members as well. It's them
>>that keep the list alive.
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>>However, I think it is no benefit for the whole list if you split it
>>in first and second class members. And it is no benefit do such a
>>serious thing as a migaration in a rash...
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>>best regards
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>>Erik Krause
>>Ressources, not only for panorama creation:
>>http://www.erik-krause.de/
>>Read panotools at GMane:
>>http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.panotools
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>PanoTools Wiki: http://wiki.panotools.org
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