Re: Is there sufficient interest for keeping me alive on LilyPond?

Ok folks. Maybe an IBAN on a public list is not the smartest idea, come on.
I wonder if there is something like gofundme this side of the world?

L


On Tue, 26 May 2026, 18:38 Wol, <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 26/05/2026 14:57, David Kastrup wrote:
> > Which means that anything that has a chance of working will be unfair.
>
> SOD FAIR!
>
> Many of us contribute precious little towards the projects we benefit so
> much from. And you've contributed a lot towards lilypond and us.
>
> @Lucas Pinke - even in the Great North as you call, currency exchange is
> a major problem - if you don't live in David's Euro zone the banks will
> happily take a large chunk of the money we donate.
>
> David - do you have access to a bank account that doesn't charge
> conversion fees? So if I contribute GB£50 it will actually arrive in
> your account as EUR50+? Not as EUR40-?
>
> I'll need to find out how to make payments to an IBAN number, but if you
> have something I'll happily set up a standing order.
>
> (And if it's an account like our UK savings accounts, so much the
> better. I would have no qualms publishing a number like that here
> because you can only put money in, not take it out ...)
>
> Cheers,
> Wol
>
>