[ODE] Let's Help Russ With Money

[kurimail]

Hi again I was thinking about 500-1000 donations of 25$. How many ode
users are? xD.

I could donate even 100$ for a good work on ODE! I really like how ODE works!

Anyway, i needed to try...
Cheers, KuRi

> Thanks for your good wishes. Here's the reality check :-)
>
> Let's assume he gets 40 donations of $25 (that's a generous assumption
> -- I doubt he'd get that much). That'll almost pay the rent on a
> 1-bedroom appartment in the bay area (where Russ lives) for one month.
> No food, no transportation, no utilities, ...
>
> When Russ says "funding" I think he means something that he could
> actually turn into a living.
>
> Cheers,
>
>                   / h+
>
>
> KuRi wrote:
>> I have read that Russ Smith (the father of ODE) is looking for funds to
>> continue the ODE project. I think that we (all the ode user community)
>> could help him donating little amounts of money (15-25$) for example, so
>> he could finish the iterative solver and the trimesh collisions.
>>
>> I think that ODE is an invaluable resource to indie programmers, and i
>> would like to see the project been developing again.
>>
>> This is only a thought, let me know what do you think.
>> Hey Russ, how much money do you need to keep working on ODE? xD
>>
>> Cheers, KuRi.
>>
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