[Lazarus] Crowdfunding to speed up the development of pas2js in Lazarus Widgetset and fpDebug to FPC

Juha Manninen juha.manninen62 at gmail.com
Tue Dec 18 19:27:23 CET 2018


On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 9:17 PM Michael Van Canneyt via lazarus
<lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:
> Why do you need a separate crowdfunding effort, if the Free Pascal and
> Lazarus foundation has been created specially for this ?

Pas2JS was supported by the foundation more than any other project, if
I understood right.
Now looking at its home page:
 https://foundation.freepascal.org/
I don't see Pas2JS even listed in the projects page. Why?
The main page says about donations:
"If you would like to donate money for a specific project, see our
donations page page. A list of past donors can be seen in our Hall of
fame."
However there is no way to donate for a specific project. The money
goes into a black hole. Its usage for various projects is not reported
even afterwards.
I understand it is a turn-off for people like Edivando who want to
support a particular sub-project.

When the foundation was discussed, I remember there was a request to
publish data about the money flow and projects supported.
I don't find data anywhere else either. Google+ community was closed.
Are there other places to look at?
I think "Google+ community" should be removed from the About page.

Anyway, I understand Edivando's motive to support a particular project
using an open and controlled crowdfunding process instead of puoring
the money into a black hole from where no information leaks out.

Regards,
Juha


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