1*sponsor.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2008 Jun 21 2 3 4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar 5 6 7 8SPONSOR VIM DEVELOPMENT *sponsor* 9 10Fixing bugs and adding new features takes a lot of time and effort. To show 11your appreciation for the work and motivate Bram and others to continue 12working on Vim please send a donation. 13 14Since Bram is back to a paid job the money will now be used to help children 15in Uganda. See |uganda|. But at the same time donations increase Bram's 16motivation to keep working on Vim! 17 18For the most recent information about sponsoring look on the Vim web site: 19 20 http://www.vim.org/sponsor/ 21 22More explanations can be found in the |sponsor-faq|. 23 24 25REGISTERED VIM USER *register* 26 27You can become a registered Vim user by sending at least 10 euro. This works 28similar to sponsoring Vim, see |sponsor| above. Registration was made 29possible for the situation where your boss or bookkeeper may be willing to 30register software, but does not like the terms "sponsoring" and "donation". 31 32More explanations can be found in the |register-faq|. 33 34 35VOTE FOR FEATURES *vote-for-features* 36 37To give registered Vim users and sponsors an advantage over lurkers they can 38vote for the items Bram should work on. How does this voting work? 39 401. You send at least 10 euro. See below for ways to transfer money 41 |send-money|. 42 432. You will be e-mailed a registration key. Enter this key on your account 44 page on the Vim website. You can easily create an account if you don't 45 have one yet. 46 473. You can enter your votes on the voting page. There is a link to that page 48 on your account page after entering a registration key. Your votes will 49 be counted for two years. 50 514. The voting results appear on the results page, which is visible for 52 everybody: http://www.vim.org/sponsor/vote_results.php 53 54Additionally, once you have sent 100 euro or more in total, your name appears 55in the "Vim hall of honour": http://www.vim.org/sponsor/hall_of_honour.php 56But only if you enable this on your account page. 57 58 59HOW TO SEND MONEY *send-money* 60 61Credit card Through PayPal, see the PayPal site for information: 62 https://www.paypal.com/en_US/mrb/pal=XAC62PML3GF8Q 63 The e-mail address for sending sponsorship money is: 64 donate@vim.org 65 The e-mail address for Vim registration is: 66 register@vim.org 67 Using Euro is preferred, other currencies are also accepted. 68 In Euro countries a bank transfer is preferred, this has lower 69 costs. 70 71Other methods See |iccf-donations|. 72 Include "Vim sponsor" or "Vim registration" in the comment of 73 your money transfer. Send me an e-mail that mentions the 74 amount you transferred if you want to vote for features and 75 show others you are a registered Vim user or sponsor. 76 77Cash Small amounts can be sent with ordinary mail. Put something 78 around the money, so that it's not noticeable from the 79 outside. Mention your e-mail address if you want to vote for 80 features and show others you are a registered Vim user or 81 sponsor. 82 83You can use this permanent address: 84 Bram Moolenaar 85 Finsterruetihof 1 86 8134 Adliswil 87 Switzerland 88 89 90 91QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS *sponsor-faq* *register-faq* 92 93Why should I give money? 94 95If you do not show your appreciation for Vim then Bram will be less motivated 96to fix bugs and add new features. He will do something else instead. 97 98 99How much money should I send? 100 101That is up to you. The more you give, the more children will be helped. 102An indication for individuals that use Vim at home: 10 Euro per year. For 103professional use: 30 Euro per year per person. Send at least 10 euro to be 104able to vote for features. 105 106 107What do I get in return? 108 109Each registered Vim user and sponsor who donates at least 10 euro will be able 110to vote for new features. These votes will give priority to the work on Vim. 111The votes are valid for two years. The more money you send the more your 112votes count |votes-counted|. 113 114If you send 100 Euro or more in total you will be mentioned on the "Vim hall 115of honour" page on the Vim web site. But only if you enable this on your 116account page. You can also select whether the amount will be visible. 117 118 119How do I become a Vim sponsor or registered Vim user? 120 121Send money, as explained above |send-money| and include your e-mail address. 122When the money has been received you will receive a unique registration key. 123This key can be used on the Vim website to activate voting on your Vim 124account. You will then get an extra page where you can vote for features and 125choose whether others will be able to see that you donated. There is a link 126to this page on your "My Account" page. 127 128 129What is the difference between sponsoring and registering? 130 131It has a different name. Use the term "registration" if your boss doesn't 132like "sponsoring" or "donation". The benefits are the same. 133 134 135How can I send money? 136 137See |send-money|. Check the web site for the most recent information: 138http://www.vim.org/sponsor/ 139 140 141Why don't you use the SourceForge donation system? 142 143SourceForge takes 5% of the donations for themselves. If you want to support 144SourceForge you can send money to them directly. 145 146 147I cannot afford to send money, may I still use Vim? 148 149Yes. 150 151 152I did not register Vim, can I use all available features? 153 154Yes. 155 156 157I noticed a bug, do I need to register before I can report it? 158 159No, suggestions for improving Vim can always be given. For improvements use 160the developer |maillist|, for reporting bugs see |bugs|. 161 162 163How are my votes counted? *votes-counted* 164 165You may vote when you send 10 euro or more. You can enter up to ten votes. 166You can select the same item several times to give it more points. You can 167also enter three counter votes, these count as negative points. 168 169When you send 30 euro or more the points are doubled. Above 100 euro they 170count four times, above 300 euro they count six times, above 1000 euro ten 171times. 172 173 174Can I change my votes? 175 176You can change your votes any time you like, up to two years after you 177sent money. The points will be counted right away. 178 179 180Can I add an item to vote on? 181 182Not directly. You can suggest items to vote on to Bram. He will consider 183fitting your item into the list. 184 185 186How about Charityware? 187 188Currently the Vim donations go to |uganda| anyway. Thus it doesn't matter if 189you sponsor Vim or ICCF. Except that Vim sponsoring will allow you to vote 190for features. 191 192 193I donated $$$, now please add feature XYZ! 194 195There is no direct relation between your donation and the work Bram does. 196Otherwise you would be paying for work and we would have to pay tax over the 197donation. If you want to hire Bram for specific work, contact him directly, 198don't use the donation system. 199 200 201Are the donations tax deductible? 202 203That depends on your country. The donations to help the children in |Uganda| 204are tax deductible in Holland, Germany, Canada and in the USA. See the ICCF 205website http://iccf-holland.org/donate.html. You must send an e-mail to Bram 206to let him know that the donation is done because of the use of Vim. 207 208 209Can you send me a bill? 210 211No, because there is no relation between the money you send and the work that 212is done. But a receipt is possible. 213 214 215 216 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: 217