[Ardour-Users] Ardour 2.8.5 released

[Patrick Shirkey]

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>> 4)  Charging for "added value" items, such as manuals, printed logo
>> stickers, special keyboard overlays etc.
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> since i have not been responsible for creating any such material, i'm
> not going try to claim it as a revenue stream. if i find time to do
> something that is actually useful in this regard, then i would
> certainly take this up, and in fact, i should reinstate the t-shirt
> link to zazzle.com ...
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- Could the merchandise links also be promoted with the donation links 
as alternative/additional funding options?

Then the revenue earned from the sales can be factored into the monthly 
income earned from the community.

That might encourage more people to purchase merchndise and consequently 
display it proudly when they see the results going back to ardour dev 
directly.

-  Simply put the community based funding system could be much more 
dynamic than it currently is. I still think the bounty system is under 
utilised and therefore under represented.

Currently it is just a finger in the air kind of thing. It should be 
more dynamic with action required from the developers to set the time 
limit for development and estimated cost of the feature request. There 
could be milestones that require a certain amount of money to be paid up 
once reached with regular emails sent to bounty watchers and interested 
members. It could also be displayed directly ont he aroud interface by 
default with a subscribe to disable or compile it yourself option.

This system could become more addictive and game like for casual users 
as they see the results of their investments and get into the habit of 
watching the ticker for their pet bounty.. Once the target is close to 
being reached I think we will see a lot more people contributing funds 
to get it across the finish line.

If we make it fun for people to participate in the funding and 
development cycle then we will see more people participating. Right now 
it is a very dry affair and we have to remember to check back to see 
what is going on in terms of donations each month.


I am happy to volunteer some time towards making the system more dynamic.




Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd