Re: Who wants to move Quanta forward?
Crash Override <[email protected]> Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:27:59 -0200
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--===============0376336770== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00c09f9b0763453d680479e99740 --00c09f9b0763453d680479e99740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hey everybody, I would be willing to donate time in coding to help push it along. I will chip in money whenever possible as well.. Just let me know what you need. Karl On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Paul Lemmons <[email protected]> wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Quanta] Who wants to move Quanta forward? > From: Andras Mantia <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: 12/04/2009 09:04 AM > > Hi, > > It's been a long time since I posted here, as you probably all know I > don't really have time to work on Quanta. I still do free software (KDE) > work through KDAB, but as we don't have yet customers demanding a KDE > web development tool, Quanta is outside of our radar. > I wanted to be able to write such a mail for a long time, and now when > I read the post about Krita fundraising > (http://dot.kde.org/2009/12/02/krita-team-seeking-sponsorship-take- > krita-next-level ), I decided that it is time to do it. I know, some > from our (ex-)team might not agree, that this is the way to go, but > well... ;) > Things have changed in the past in my life, and from one who lived from > donations and the unselfish support of Eric, I'm in a situation now that > I can also offer some monetary support for KDE development, just as I > received it in the past. It wouldn't be much, more like around 100 > euro/month or so. But if I'd find someone enthusiastic to work on Quanta, > I'd gladly give it to such a developer. > Here is my call to users, who want to see Quanta moving forward: would > you join me in such an initiative? > Here is my call to developers, whoever is still following the list: > would you be interested to do it? > > Let me make it clear, this is not for those who want money and do the > "job" for the money. This is for those who would like to work on Quanta > (or already do on some parts of it). It is a reward for the work. It is > a stimulus package. :) > For example maybe you are a student and have to do some > afternoon/evening/weekend job to get some money. You could spend your > time on hacking instead now. Or something similar. > > It wouldn't be much as I said. But if it starts to work, I'm sure the > big community will support us from time to time. It did in the past, and > looking at the other projects (Krita, Amarok for example), it still > works. > > Thanks for listening, > Andras > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Quanta mailing [email protected]://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/quanta > > I can not contribute code but would be willing to make a donation. Not > enough to carry the project and probably not on a regular basis. I like > Quanta and think it is a great product with lots of potential. If this > request gets enough momentum and somebody steps forward to offer code you > can count me in. > > -- > Sometimes I wonder. Were our faith able to stand upright and look around, would it be looking down at the mustard seed or standing in awe of the height and breadth of it. > > > _______________________________________________ > Quanta mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/quanta > > --00c09f9b0763453d680479e99740 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey everybody,<br><br>I would be willing to donate time in coding to help p= ush it along.=A0 I will chip in money whenever possible as well..=A0 <br><b= r>Just let me know what you need.<br><br>Karl<br><br><br><br><div class=3D"= gmail_quote"> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Paul Lemmons <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href= =3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br><b= lockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 20= 4, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> =20 =20 <div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" text=3D"#000000"><div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"= > -------- Original Message=A0 --------<br> Subject: [Quanta] Who wants to move Quanta forward?<br> From: Andras Mantia <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">&l= t;[email protected]></a><br> To: <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]= e.org</a><br> Cc: <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">quanta-devel@= kde.org</a><br> Date: 12/04/2009 09:04 AM<br> </div></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"> <pre>Hi, It's been a long time since I posted here, as you probably all know I= =20 don't really have time to work on Quanta. I still do free software (KDE= )=20 work through KDAB, but as we don't have yet customers demanding a KDE= =20 web development tool, Quanta is outside of our radar. I wanted to be able to write such a mail for a long time, and now when=20 I read the post about Krita fundraising=20 (<a href=3D"http://dot.kde.org/2009/12/02/krita-team-seeking-sponsorship-ta= ke" target=3D"_blank">http://dot.kde.org/2009/12/02/krita-team-seeking-spon= sorship-take</a>- krita-next-level ), I decided that it is time to do it. I know, some=20 from our (ex-)team might not agree, that this is the way to go, but=20 well... ;) Things have changed in the past in my life, and from one who lived from=20 donations and the unselfish support of Eric, I'm in a situation now tha= t=20 I can also offer some monetary support for KDE development, just as I=20 received it in the past. It wouldn't be much, more like around 100=20 euro/month or so. But if I'd find someone enthusiastic to work on Quant= a,=20 I'd gladly give it to such a developer. Here is my call to users, who want to see Quanta moving forward: would=20 you join me in such an initiative? Here is my call to developers, whoever is still following the list:=20 would you be interested to do it?=20 Let me make it clear, this is not for those who want money and do the=20 "job" for the money. This is for those who would like to work on = Quanta=20 (or already do on some parts of it). It is a reward for the work. It is=20 a stimulus package. :)=20 For example maybe you are a student and have to do some=20 afternoon/evening/weekend job to get some money. You could spend your=20 time on hacking instead now. Or something similar. It wouldn't be much as I said. But if it starts to work, I'm sure = the=20 big community will support us from time to time. It did in the past, and=20 looking at the other projects (Krita, Amarok for example), it still=20 works. Thanks for listening, Andras </pre> </div></div><pre><hr size=3D"4" width=3D"90%"> _______________________________________________ Quanta mailing list <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]= g</a> <a href=3D"https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/quanta" target=3D"_blank">= https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/quanta</a> </pre> </blockquote> I can not contribute code but would be willing to make a donation. Not enough to carry the project and probably not on a regular basis. I like Quanta and think it is a great product with lots of potential. If this request gets enough momentum and somebody steps forward to offer code you can count me in. <br> <br> <pre cols=3D"72">--=20 Sometimes I wonder. Were our faith able to stand upright and look around, = would it be looking down at the mustard seed or standing in awe of the heig= ht and breadth of it. </pre> </div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> Quanta mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br> <a href=3D"https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/quanta" target=3D"_blank">= https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/quanta</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br> --00c09f9b0763453d680479e99740-- --===============0376336770== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Quanta mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/quanta --===============0376336770==--