<div dir="ltr">Hi<div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Nyall Dawson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nyall.dawson@gmail.com" target="_blank">nyall.dawson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><p dir="ltr"><br>
On 13/10/2014 11:01 pm, "Matthias Kuhn" <<a href="mailto:matthias.kuhn@gmx.ch" target="_blank">matthias.kuhn@gmx.ch</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi Jonathan,<br>
><br>
> I don't think that this is the message that QGIS wants to spread. If it<br>
> would be, we would do popups that ask you to sponsor for every new<br>
> feature you created ;-)<br>
><br>
> But as you state, sponsorship is a means to an end. As such it is a<br>
> prerequisite for moving this software on and therefore it is good if<br>
> users are aware of the fact, that this software was created by people<br>
> and that they can only spend their time if they have a possibility to<br>
> get the money they need for a living.<br>
><br>
> If you ask me: a "funded by" is in a commit author's responsibility. He<br>
> knows what he wrote that commit for. Be it for money, for fun, for his<br>
> boss, somebody he loves or a university degree. If he thinks it is worth<br>
> putting a note there for any reason - i.e. definitely not limited to<br>
> monetary transactions - he should be able to do so. It does no harm, but<br>
> may be a reward for his time or be part of a contract.<br>
><br>
> The username next to a git commit is not the same thing. It can only<br>
> tell who does the commit, but does not tell for what reason/who he does it.<br>
><br>
> The only restriction I would put to this is that it must be placed at<br>
> the end of the commit on a new line (for the sake of good readability).<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> Matthias</p>
</span><p dir="ltr">+1 . Can I request that the psc please make a final ruling about this issue so that we can close this discussion and all move on?</p></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sure - please raise the question (in a clear yes/no answerable form) to the PSC mailing list for these type of queries.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Tim </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<p dir="ltr">Nyall</p>
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