Re: Fonts from the former fonts.openlilylib.org

[Abraham Lee]

Urs,

On Sunday, March 27, 2016, Urs Liska <address@hidden> wrote:
> Am 27. März 2016 10:13:20 MESZ, schrieb tisimst <address@hidden>:
> >Andrew,
> >
> >On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 12:39 AM, N. Andrew Walsh [via Lilypond] <
> >address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> A side note: it seems to me that one of Abraham's root causes for
> >wanting
> >> to commercialize the substantial work he's done making engraving
> >fonts is
> >> his own financial situation.
> >>
> >
> >You have understood the situation correctly!
> >
> >
> >> If this is the case, it might be worth considering some of the
> >> crowd-funding mechanisms that support development work. For example,
> >though
> >> I've never used it before, Patreon ( www.patreon.com) allows groups
> >to
> >> fund developers with a monthly contribution. One or two people
> >chipping in
> >> might not amount to much, but a whole lot of people chipping in a bit
> >might
> >> indeed make up a substantial supplementary income. (one of my
> >favorite game
> >> mods is funded this way, netting the developer about €1k a month).
> >>
> >> My concern is that trying to build an income by commercializing fonts
> >that
> >> have already been out in the wild for a while seems problematic both
> >from
> >> the side of its viability as a business venture and from the
> >licensing side
> >> (as well as the social side of a community that's been freely using a
> >> resource that now looks to become somewhat less free). Abraham, is
> >this an
> >> option that you've considered?
> >>
> >> On the purely abstract level, I'm much more in favor of working from
> >> patronage rather than sales and licensing.
> >>
> >
> >I'm really glad you brought this up. To be quite honest, I have
> >considered
> >it and I continue to wrestle with the idea. I am definitely willing to
> >consider this. That way, I can technically continue to offer the fonts
> >freely and the regular patronage covers any continued development as
> >well
> >as user support. In fact, I'd much rather do this if I can feel find a
> >crowd-funding service that I feel good about. I have considered Patreon
> >before, but before I jump into that, does anyone else have any other
> >suggestion? If anyone has first-hand experiences with crowd-funding, I
> >would appreciate hearing from you.
>
> You had this "Donate" button online. Did this generate *anything*?

Relatively little, actually, but I am so grateful to those who were able to contribute something. Most of the donations, though, came from users outside the 'Pond, via making my fonts work for other programs or commissioning new, private designs.

I'll say it again--I am soooo grateful to for the kindness of those who contributed. I probably wouldn't still be doing anything related to music font design without them.

So, what should I do to justify my continued work? I really enjoy doing it, which certainly helps keep me interested, but I've pondered this question a long time. That's why I decided to make these licensing changes--so that I could expand my user-base by supporting an increased number of notation applications.

There has been an overwhelming amount of support for this change. So, I plan on continuing forward with my decision in whatever way makes the most sense for me. 

Best,

Abraham

>
>Best,
>Abraham
>
>
>
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