[Qgis-psc] Re: [Qgis-release-team] Re: [Qgis-developer] QGIS 1.0 Branched - please read to prepare for 1.0.0 release!

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

A few more points:

Change:

In addition, promoting QGIS implies the participation to congresses and
conferences and the production of information material, sometimes very
expensive for volunteer developers.

to

In addition, promoting QGIS requires our participation at congresses and
conferences and the production of information material, sometimes very
expensive for volunteer developers.


Change:

Sponsorship is a way to control the development of the project, but
rather a way of ensuring the longevity and overall health of the
project, by funding work that is regarded as vital but otherwise
undersupported by the contributions of developers using QGIS in their
own projects.

to


Sponsorship is not a way for individuals to control the development of
the project, but rather a way of ensuring the longevity and overall
health of the project. <Remove last phrase>

Change

The sponsorship funds will be spent to directly improve the code base of
the project, to fund tasks that receive less attention without direct
support, and to fund work on corollary project tasks so that core
contributors can focus efforts on QGIS improvements.

to

The sponsorship funds will be spent to directly improve the code base of
the project, to fund tasks that generally receive less attention from
developers, and to fund work on peripheral project tasks so that core
contributors can focus efforts on QGIS improvements.

For 

5) Sponsors will received a degree of priority in processing of bug
reports by any maintainer eventually hired with sponsorship funds

I'm not really a fan of adding such promises and would rather it was
removed. I prefer the model where developers are contracted
independently to fix organisation critical issues.

For

Sponsors can sponsor GDAL for any amount of money of at least $500 USD.
At or above the following levels a sponsor will be designated as being
one of the following class:

Hopefully their money will come to *QGIS* rather :-)

Change

Sponsorships last one year, after which they may be continuing with a
new payment, or allowed to lapse.

to

Sponsorships last one year, after which they may be continued with a new
payment, or allowed to lapse.

Typo in:

Organizations or individuals interested in sponsoring the QGIS project
should contact he QGIS PSC Finance and Marketing advisor, Paolo
Cavallini at: cavallini at faunalia dot it (+39-348-3801953) with
questions, or to make arrangements.

to

...contact *the* QGIS PSC...

Thats it from me for now!

Regards




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