[Qgis-psc] commercial support companies to besome official QGIS sponsors?

[Paolo Cavallini]

Otto Dassau ha scritto:
> Hi, 
> 
> just an idea and maybe not even good :), but what about asking and
> encouraging companies, who are listed on the commercial support webpage to
> contribute with some money or ... to the QGIS project? 
> 
> Maybe a few hundred Euro per year (bronze sponsor?), wouldn't hurt them at all,
> but would help us or maybe even pay our yearly hackfest meetings and/or
> something else? 
> 
> There are at the moment 11 companies listed, maybe they are willing.

An interesting idea, worth examining in detail, but I see two problems:
- several of these companies already invest in QGIS, more or less
heavily, and asking the same amount could be seen as unfair
- technical support and sponsorship are two different beasts, and mixing
the two could lead to unexpected (negative) results.
What we can do soon, if you all agree, is to ask them directly to become
also sponsors; from their responses we'll have more elements to decide
how to proceed (if they all agree, then support==sponsors, and the
problem will be solved).
All the best.
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Paolo Cavallini: http://www.faunalia.it/pc