Re: My finances.

[Caio Barros]

Em qui, 8 de nov de 2018 às 21:42, Thomas Morley <address@hidden>
escreveu:

> Am Mi., 27. Juni 2018 um 22:31 Uhr schrieb David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
> >
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I've been afraid of looking at my bank account for the past months but
> > finally had to do so.  For the last three months, the payments from
> > LilyPond users were stable: one paying €100 monthly, one paying €75
> > monthly, one paying €10 monthly.  Thanks, you know who you are (I hope).
> >
> > When adding in the payments arriving via Paypal, I am at about €200 per
> > month.  Which doesn't pay for a whole lot of bills in Germany.
> >
> > Now obviously I am not currently providing a whole lot of value in
> > return but at least enough that we will hopefully be seeing a reasonably
> > tolerable stable version 2.20 soonish and it's not like I have nothing
> > to do with it, either.  And it's not like when I wasn't yet hampered as
> > absolutely by the blood pressure medication until skipping it gave me a
> > stroke and not burned out as much that I earned as much as a software
> > developer of my productivity then.  Or even as much as a janitor.
> >
> > I'll go looking for a menial minimum wage job soonish where I don't need
> > to be creative on command.  In the meantime, try thinking about whether
> > my contributions to what LilyPond is have been of value to you.  And if
> > they were, consider giving some back.  And if you can't think of
> > anything better than money, that's ok with me too.
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > David
>
> Hi David,
>
> I've sent something to your bank account. Should be available soon, if
> not already.
> Not as much I'd wish and with huge delay (sorry for that) ...
>
> Thanks for all you've done and do.
>
>  @ all:
> I'd like to invite you to consider joining (if not already done).
> Well, I'm not a native speaker so I doubt I've expressed myself
> accurately, so you may reread the mail I reply to.
>
> Thanks,
>   Harm
>

Thanks for bringing  that to attention, Harm. I believe my last email
didn't went through, so I'll write again.

David, I also sent a l little bit of money. I, too, wish I could send more,
but I'm not exactly wealthy, working on a shitty job in third world
country... You say you cannot deliver much value, but I believe we are the
ones in debt with you. You seem to be one of the more knowledgeable persons
here when it comes to the Lilypond code and Scheme. I don't follow the
commits of the Lilypond development, but I'm sure you made a lot of
worthwhile contributions in the past. Besides, helping a person in need
should be reason enough.

Caio