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gamester17, i don't have a paypal account.
are there other ways to donate??
greetinx an keep up the good work!!! :thumbsup:
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hey, i love xbmc as much as the next guy, but i am not gonna pay for 1 feature on open source programming. especially since i can open other dvd players from within xbmc. if i wanted to pay for this stuff i would buy microsoft counterpart to media center, but i wanted a cheaper solution. this is not the way open source is supposed to work. this isnt freelance source. its open.
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in their free time these guys have created one of the best (if not the best) media center application avalible on the market today. they are not getting paid for it. and if a few bucks that you donate will help the developers pay for that extra case of coke/jolt/bawls and motivate them to work on the project, why wouldn't you want to donate. go look at sorceforge and all the top oper source apps on there. alomst every single one of them accepts donations.
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look, i didn't mean any disrespect i was merely offering an opinion. i think what these guys do is amazing, i am jealous of their skills and generosity. i am just saying to ask for money for a particular feature is wrong. if you guys were gonna close up shop because you couldnt afford to code and host and you had to feed your children then i would probably donate a couple dollars. but to be honest i have 2 jobs and a "kid to be" of my own.
i think you are the ones who dont understand. if you want to make money off of software, then charge for it. put a shareware logo on it, whatever. but, to ask for money for 1 feature that goes with the whole project, that isnt right.
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i have never payed for a linux distro, with the exception of one that came with a book i got, but i was really paying for the book. that is freeware. you can buy a package or suite that has better software, better support, etc. people code freeware so they can help a community, not turn a profit. linux was not made to turn a profit. different distrosmay turn a profit butit is not because of linux it is the other things they have to offer.
these guys code because they love coding. i hope they keep up the great work they have done already, get noticed by a huge corporation and make a gazillion dollars.
if you want to warn me go ahead. you arent really gonna hurt my post count. i just wanted to throw my 2 cents in. these guys deserve money just for different reasons than stated.
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oh settle down... donations are ok for open source projects. as long as the source is released - no problems. i have slightly more reservations about *requests* for donations for a specific issue, but the intention is good though.
recently, someone offered a "donation" to get keyboard support added and wham! it was added. cool. everybody is happy. i gather the dvd menuing is a bitch to add and as it's a hobby, not a job, everyone leaves the bitchy bits to last. if donations bump a task up the list - again, cool.
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you are, ofcourse, entitled to your opinion, however you seem to misunderstand the intention of this request.
we will not (and will never) turn a profit on anything related with xbmc. neither will we ever charge for it, or only enable features if people pay for them. xbmc is, and always will be, coded purely for the joy of doing it. none of us are ever going to get anywhere near payment for the time + effort that goes in to it.
all this particular donation request is for is to allow people who appreciate the time and effort that all the developers, testers, support mods and the myriad of other people that are involved in xbmc, to contribute towards the xbmc project. every now and then a feature comes to the horizon that is a significant achievement that really contributes greatly to the applications use. dvd menu support is one such feature. it clearly adds significant value to the product, hence some people may feel that they wish to donate at this time. this thread simply shows them how they can do this.
perhaps the wording needs a little refinement - this is the first such donations request for a particular feature that has been made. as anomoly noted, users have offered cash for features on numerous occasions, and some of these have been implemented (generally if they are useful ideas and would benefit the project as a whole). none of the cash payments for features have ever covered the cost in time that goes into coding the feature, but it does give more motivation to those involved - the coder realizes how much the feature is worth to someone. many people have in the past offered donations for dvd menu support, and we are simply opening it up for others to do the same. the motivation isn't to get more money, it's to allow users to contribute to the project as they choose to.
it's not a "you must donate if you want this" sort of thing - whether or not you donate is up to you - the feature will be coded and will be available for free just like everything else in xbmc. i'm sure you will download and use it. perhaps once you've used it you'll realize the time and effort that has gone into it, and may feel you wish to donate. if not, that's fine.
xbmc runs at a loss. we pay for the webspace and hosting required for the websites here that you have posted on. donations are what keep this side of xbmc alive. also, hardware doesn't last forever, and needs replacing from time to time. where do you think the money for this comes from?
cheers,
jonathan
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money sent today via paypal. thanks for a great program!
is there any way to allow for gps navigation within the xbmc? this question came up at supper last night.
regards,
wayne