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

[Robert Swain]

On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 12:49 +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 09:12:54AM +0100, Benjamin Larsson wrote:
> > Mike Melanson wrote:
> > > 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! :)
> > >   
> > 
> > You need to set up some kind of organization. But it's quite easy to do 
> > that in Sweden. I'll check with the tax office how to do that.
> 
> that would be great
> its kinda silly that people cannot donate to ffmpeg ...

Considering all that FFmpeg does for the world, definitely. :)

Mike: Did you ever do anything about contacting Google/YouTube about
throwing some money our way? (Outside of SoC I mean.)

Ben: If you did set up the organisation, would we be able to use some
other means for donations than PayPal?

Rob