Hi Shlomi, <div><br></div><div>So far everything has gone smoothly with developers adding projects and users making pledges. If the offer is still good we would like to take you up on forwarding the message (found below) about Catincan's beta launch to the mailing lists you're on.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks again,</div><div>James</div><div><br></div><div>------------------</div><div><div>Just wanted to let you know that the beta of <a href="http://www.catincan.com/" target="_blank">www.catincan.com</a> - crowdfunding for *existing* open source projects, has launched.</div>
<div><br>2 Big Things:<br>1. All Catincan fees will be waived for the first 6 months for all projects.<br>2. The first 25 projects that have a new feature funded will have the<br></div>10% successful funding *fee waived for life*.<br>
<div><br>If you know any developer that has an open source project and could use some funding, please pass this along so they can be one of the first 25 as well.</div><div><br>Last, we just want to be clear that on Catincan, only developers on existing open source projects can put new features up for crowdfunding. Users can of course send you messages to request features, but developers remain 100% in control of their projects. We just want to help more open source projects grow and thrive.</div>
<div><br>Thanks,</div><div>James</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:25 PM, James Clark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james.clark@cvalka.com" target="_blank">james.clark@cvalka.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Shlomi, <div><br></div><div>Thank you for offering to do that! We're all set to go live tomorrow but are still worried there might be some bugs and don't want to lose any credibility. I hope your offer will still be good once we know everything is working properly after this soft launch (hopefully just a few days or so).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks again!</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>James</div></font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Shlomi Fish <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shlomif@shlomifish.org" target="_blank">shlomif@shlomifish.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi James,<br>
<br>
thanks for letting me know - what you described below sounds really good. If<br>
you want, I can spread the word by forwarding your E-mail to some mailing lists.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Shlomi Fish<br>
<br>
On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 18:58:56 -0500<br>
<div>James Clark <<a href="mailto:james.clark@cvalka.com" target="_blank">james.clark@cvalka.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi Shlomi,<br>
><br>
</div><div>> You said you would definitely give a funding platform for open source<br>
> projects a try so wanted to let you know that we're launching the beta of<br>
</div>> <a href="http://www.catincan.com" target="_blank">www.catincan.com</a> - crowdfunding for *existing* open source projects, within<br>
<div>> the next 24 hours.<br>
><br>
> 2 Big Things:<br>
> 1. All Catincan fees will be waived for the first 6 months for all projects.<br>
> 2. The first 25 projects that have a new feature funded will have the<br>
</div>> 10% successful funding *fee waived for life*.<br>
<div><div>><br>
> If you know any developer that has an open source project and could use<br>
> some funding, please pass this along so they can be one of the first 25 as<br>
> well.<br>
><br>
> Lastly, we just want to be clear that on Catincan, only developers on<br>
> existing open source projects can put new features up for crowdfunding.<br>
> Users can of course send you messages to request features, but developers<br>
> remain 100% in control of their projects. We just want to help more open<br>
> source projects grow and thrive.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> James<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:18 AM, James Clark <<a href="mailto:james.clark@cvalka.com" target="_blank">james.clark@cvalka.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Hi Shlomi,<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks for responding - it helps us understand what problems open source<br>
> > developers have to keep us on the right track. Our vision is to have open<br>
> > source developers in charge of their projects but encourage users to fund<br>
> > the features they need most. We will definitely keep you posted and hope<br>
> > that you will find the project useful. When it launches we will definitely<br>
> > let you know.<br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks,<br>
> > James<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > =================================<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Hi James,<br>
> ><br>
> > let me answer your questions as best as I can.<br>
> ><br>
> > On Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:38:17 -0700 (PDT)<br>
> > <a href="mailto:james.clark@catincan.com" target="_blank">james.clark@catincan.com</a> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Hi,<br>
> ><br>
> > We are building a web based tool to help open source projects with<br>
> > feature requests & funding (<a href="http://www.catincan.com" target="_blank">www.catincan.com</a>). We're hoping you might<br>
> > provide us with some insight by answering the 5 questions below.<br>
> ><br>
> > 1. Do you have a problem managing feature requests (time it<br>
> > takes/prioritizing)?<br>
> ><br>
> > I don&apos;t have such a problem. On the other hand, most of the projects<br>
> > I am managing are small-scale and don&apos;t take a lot of time to manage.<br>
> ><br>
> > Normally, feature requests are done using E-mail or using the issue<br>
> > tracker.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Well, my projects don&apos;t require a lot of funding, but, naturally, it<br>
> > would have been preferable if I could make a living out of my open-source<br>
> > work.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Well, I think a way for people to bid or offer money on feature requests<br>
> > (or bug fixes) for the projects would be appreciated.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > I would use it, yes. Or at least refer people to it on the home page.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Well, with Freecell Solver ( <a href="http://fc-solve.shlomifish.org/" target="_blank">http://fc-solve.shlomifish.org/</a> ), currently<br>
> > there is a problem that people run into problems understanding why<br>
> > composite multi-card moves are legal in the solution. This was solved<br>
> > to a large extent with a move expander, but there&apos;s now the issue of<br>
> > integrating it with the core solver.<br>
> ><br>
> > Other projects have different issues.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > OK.<br>
> ><br>
> > Regards,<br>
> ><br>
> > Shlomi Fish<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > --<br>
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------<br>
> > Shlomi Fish <a href="http://www.shlomifish.org/" target="_blank">http://www.shlomifish.org/</a><br>
> > Freecell Solver - <a href="http://fc-solve.shlomifish.org/" target="_blank">http://fc-solve.shlomifish.org/</a><br>
> ><br>
> > COBOL is the old Java.<br>
> ><br>
> > Please reply to list if it&apos;s a mailing list post -<br>
> > <a href="http://shlom.in/reply" target="_blank">http://shlom.in/reply</a><br>
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