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Re: Fw: Crowd-Funding Linux Graphics Card Driver Development?

 

Post it on G+
https://plus.google.com/communities/107299007624972266094 and 
https://plus.google.com/communities/111350780270925540549 are pretty 
active.

On viernes, 02 de agosto de 2013 04:57:14 a.m., Timothy Arceri wrote:
> Sorry link go mangled in the last email here is the right one: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-me-to-become-a-mesa-contributor/x/2053460
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> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> From: Timothy Arceri <t_arceri@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Ubuntu Ninjas <papercuts-ninja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc:
> Sent: Friday, 2 August 2013 5:54 PM
> Subject: Crowd-Funding Linux Graphics Card Driver Development?
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>
>
> Hi Guys,
>
>
> Not sure if it appropriate to post this on this mailing list or not. But the list has been inactive for a while now so I thought why not. As a former regular contributor to papercuts I figure I can get away with it this once.
>
>
> I thought I would post here about a small project I have
> started on Indiegogo trying to get funding to improve the open source
> graphics drivers o Linux.
>
> Over the years many have brought up the
> idea of crowd funding open source graphics driver development but not
> much has come of it. A few days ago I setup a small scale experiment to
> see if it could actually work. Rather than go all out trying to raise
> a huge sum of money I have setup a small project on indiegogo as a type
> of proof of concept to see whether a larger project would really be
> viable. To make things a bit more interesting if I reach my stretch goal
> I will dedicate some of the time towards creating some documentation on
> Mesa based on my understanding of Mesa throughout development. This
> would hopefully be useful to others considering contributing but with no
> idea where to start.
>
> To see more information on what the project
> is all about please follow the link below to my indiegogo campaign.
> Thanks for your time, and feel free to ask me any questions you may
> have.
>
> http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/he...utor/x/2053460
>
> I'm also interested in feedback on my campaign and what you think I can improve. Oh and feed free to ask me any questions.
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
>
>
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