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

[Benjamin Larsson]

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.

MvH
Benjamin Larsson