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

[Michael Niedermayer]

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 ...

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