Bug 437881

Summary:	KDE NEON Premium version?
Product:	[KDE Neon] neon	Reporter:	Adrián López Galera <adrlopgal>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Neon Bugs <neon-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	jr, neon-bugs-null, sitter
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Adrián López Galera 2021-05-30 23:44:13 UTC

SUMMARY

Hi! I'm a simple KDE NEON user. I was thinking in new ways to promote KDE applications and get funds to encourage development of your DE. I don't know if in the past there were discussions about it, but, what would you think about releasing a "KDE NEON premium version" (aka "contributor/member version").

I submit this proposal because I consider many users, developers or not, could be interested in paying a "fair price" to support the development of KDE NEON and other KDE software. Although anyone can become a KDE member or do a donation, I think that the idea of "buying" something is by far more attractive to human psychology. For example, Zorin OS is based on this model.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create a paid version of KDE NEON
2. Earn money
3. KDE gets better

OBSERVED RESULT

Total Budget= X

EXPECTED RESULT

Total Budget= X+Y

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
*Irrelevant*

Comment 1 Jonathan Riddell 2021-06-01 10:37:42 UTC

Thanks but we've mostly just happy doing what we do for now and pointing people at https://kde.org/community/donations/ who want to contribute financially.

KDE has an example of a successful financial development model with Krita and I'd be all for more apps following that example.