[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Donations link on the homepage

[Mike Melanson]

Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 10:50:00AM -0800, Mike Melanson wrote:
>> Benjamin Larsson wrote:
>>> Hi, I've been thinking about setting up a Paypal donations link on the
>>> FFmpeg homepage. The main reason would be to use the donations to pay
>>> for features that would be nice to have in ffmpeg, developer travel
>>> expenses (linuxtag etc) and hardware for developers.
>>>
>>> The actual Paypal setup could be done through Source Forge, they provide
>>> an easy infrastructure for that and there already is a FFmpeg project there.
>>>
>>> So what do you think about that, is that something we should do or is it
>>> just a bad idea ?
>> I think it's a good idea in the abstract. Implementation will carry some
>> problems. Who administers the PayPal account? Tax implications?
> 
> If Benjamin volunteers, I think we are all set :)

No taxes in Sweden? Kickass! :)

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	-Mike Melanson