[Gpg4win-users-en] Funding Gpg4win Improvements (Re: Windows 8 64bit, OpenPGP card: GPA/Kleopatra/gpg-agent hangs)

[Bernhard Reiter]

Hi Alexander,

I've splitted out this subject, because it was only loosely connected
to your specific technical problem. The connection is that we in general lack 
funding to help fixing problems on Gpg4win right now. 

Am Samstag, 9. März 2013 16:00:34 schrieb Alexander Leidinger:
> > We (that is Werner, myself, Emanuel and Andre from Intevation and
> > G10code) try to find some funding that would allow us to look into
> > more issue that gpg4win has drawing since the last revision and on
> > the latest windows platforms.
>
> I assume this means a little bit more than just a little contribution
> from a little user. 

well, yes and no.

You are right about that one single user cannot provide enough funds
that we can fund a solid stream of maintenance work.
However many users could.
We know that Gpg4win has many users,
but we have not yet found a way to get enough to pay.
If we had ten times the people contributing now,
we certainly could do siginificant work with it.

> I would be willing so offer 50/100€ (surely not 
> enough for 4 people) if I know it would help to resolve some issues, but
> surely not 500/1000€. 

Any amount helps us to justify more hours we put in.
Usually we work on bursts, so I cannot give you a specific issue this would 
solve. 

We are of course trying to get organisations which are bigger
to buy support or development services from our companies.
And we have applied for a grant funding in the US. See the details
on gpg4win-devel.

> I've seen only the possibility to pay via paypal. 
> I don't like paypal, is there a way to do a bank transfer instead
> (either a normal transfer inside Germany, or via IBAN/BIC)?

Yes, by request we offer direct bank transfer to Germany.
If the sum is significant, we can even write you an invoice,
if this is helpful. I'm sending you our bank account number by
personal email.

Best Regards and thanks for supporting Gpg4win,
Bernhard
-- 
www.intevation.de/~bernhard (CEO)    www.fsfe.org (Founding GA Member)
Intevation GmbH, Osnabrück, DE; Amtsgericht Osnabrück, HRB 18998
Geschäftsführer Frank Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner
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