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[hauptmech <hauptmech@xxxxxxxxx>]

Work packages going out to developers that would otherwise be working on 
something else during the work day are a good thing. That's good to hear.

The V6 donations page https://givetokicad.web.cern.ch/ could use an 
update. It's hard to tell whether the money is earmarked for V6 but not 
spent, went into V6 work that got shoehorned into V5, or got spent on V5 
as the pragmatic way to move things forward (though maybe not what 
donees were donating for).

The current impression (We collected and spent (600 hours completed) 
your money on V6 promises even though it's clear that we are still 
fighting fires on V5.0) is probably not going to be great for the next 
campaign.

On 26/11/2018 8:41 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> I cannot speak for CERN but I believe donations actually have quite a
> bit of impact.  There are currently several v6 work packages that have
> been drafted and developers have bid on the work.  This means the
> developers will get paid to implement these features as part of the v6
> development cycle which will help keep developers engaged.  Some of
> these projects are fairly complex so asking skilled developers to do
> this for free is asking a lot.  This would not be possible without
> donations.
>
> I've also seen a significant uptick in developer interest in KiCad over
> the last two years which has significant accelerated KiCad development.
>   I have no doubt that the possibility of getting paid increases the
> interest in working on KiCad.
>
> Would these features get developed any way?  Most likely but I am
> confident that this would take much longer with an all volunteer
> development team.  If you look at the most successful open source
> project, almost without fail they have at least one paid full time
> developer.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 11/24/2018 4:46 PM, hauptmech wrote:
> > Can anyone at CERN speak about what impact, if any, donations actually
> > have on their KiCAD work? The language around the donations page is
> > slippery AF and the last time I checked, intending to donate, I walked
> > away because I had no confidence that KiCAD would be affected.
> >
> >
> > On 25/11/2018 5:19 AM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> > > Hi All-
> > >
> > > Periodically, I meet people who are interested in supporting KiCad
> > > financially.  Companies, I always redirect to Wayne and private
> > > individuals I typically recommend donating through CERN. Currently, I
> > > can't find a viable link on CERN's website for donating to KiCad.
> > >
> > > https://givetokicad.web.cern.ch is not accepting donations and
> > > https://giving.web.cern.ch/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=12
> > > doesn't have an option for KiCad.
> > >
> > > Where should people be looking to make individual donations?
> > >
> > > -S
> > >
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