On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Rainer Duffner wrote: > Am 30.07.2009 um 23:32 schrieb Neil Aggarwal: > >>> http://dag.wieers.com/blog/the-burden-of-keeping-things-private >> >> That posting states: >> I heard some vague numbers, likely in the 4 digits EUR range >> per month but real figures are only known by one person. >> >> For at least three years people were donating money and sponsors >> were paying for website ads while the money was not flowing into >> the project, where it went to I can only guess. >> >> If this is true, it means the people donating to this project >> have been ripped off. >> >> Can someone confirm this? > > What - the statement on Dag's website or your assumption? > ;-) > > Rip-off is a harsh word. > Ok, so I donated nothing so far, but still, this is a bit unfair to > the rest of the team who are (now) scrambling to get their act together. To be honest, I didn't feel as strong about the money from the past as I did about the money that was still being made when I found out about this. You cannot turn back time, but you can influence what is happening now. (And for all I know it could be about peanuts as well, as I stated I have no first-hand evidence of how much was being made) That said, I would have been willing to consider the donated money as some sort of ransom to get the domain, trademark and logo rights back and use that as a new start for the project. But of course you need Lance for any such deal and that's where I guess the Open Letter comes into play. But this was not the only reason to leave the team, if it was I would have left earlier. -- -- dag wieers, dag at wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]