On Wed, 26 Oct 2016, at 09:48 PM, Tanu Kaskinen wrote: > Hello, list! > > As you might know, I left my day job last year, and ever since I've > worked on PulseAudio without pay, relying on my savings to cover living > expenses. The freedom this arrangement allows is very nice, and I'd > like to make this lifestyle sustainable in the long term. The savings > won't last forever, so how to achieve sustainability? With > crowdfunding, obviously! I started a campaign today on Patreon, so if > funding my work seems like a good idea, you can do it now here: > https://www.patreon.com/tanuk > > Patreon works so that you choose the monthly amount you want to donate, > and Patreon will then charge your credit card automatically at the > beginning of each month, and the money gets transferred to my account > (minus Patreon's 5% cut and credit card fees). The per-supporter > amounts don't have to be big, even $1/month makes a real difference in > the rate at which my savings are depleted. You can change the monthly > amount or stop your support at any time. > > Will this have some effects on my day-to-day work? Probably not. I plan > to start advertising the campaign on my email signatures, though. I > hope that won't be too annoying. This is great, I'm definitely going to be supporting the campaign! Cheers, and all the best with this, Arun