1*sponsor.txt* For Vim version 8.2. Last change: 2021 Jul 07 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 does not need the money it will be used to help children in Uganda, 15see |uganda|. Donations increase Bram's motivation to keep working on Vim! 16 17For the most recent information about sponsoring look on the Vim web site: 18 19 http://www.vim.org/sponsor/ 20 21More explanations can be found in the |sponsor-faq|. 22 23 24REGISTERED VIM USER *register* 25 26You can become a registered Vim user by sending at least 10 euro. This works 27similar to sponsoring Vim, see |sponsor| above. Registration was made 28possible for the situation where your boss or bookkeeper may be willing to 29register software, but does not like the terms "sponsoring" and "donation". 30 31More explanations can be found in the |register-faq|. 32 33 34VOTE FOR FEATURES *vote-for-features* 35 36To give registered Vim users and sponsors an advantage over lurkers they can 37vote for the items Bram should work on. How does this voting work? 38 391. You send at least 10 euro. See below for ways to transfer money 40 |send-money|. 41 422. You will be e-mailed a registration key. Enter this key on your account 43 page on the Vim website. You can easily create an account if you don't 44 have one yet. 45 463. You can enter your votes on the voting page. There is a link to that page 47 on your account page after entering a registration key. Your votes will 48 be counted for two years. 49 504. The voting results appear on the results page, which is visible for 51 everybody: http://www.vim.org/sponsor/vote_results.php 52 53Additionally, once you have sent 100 euro or more in total, your name appears 54in the "Vim hall of honour": http://www.vim.org/sponsor/hall_of_honour.php 55But only if you enable this on your account page. 56 57 58HOW TO SEND MONEY *send-money* 59 60Credit card Through PayPal, see the PayPal site for information: 61 https://www.paypal.com/en_US/mrb/pal=XAC62PML3GF8Q 62 The e-mail address for sending sponsorship money is: 63 [email protected] 64 The e-mail address for Vim registration is: 65 [email protected] 66 Using Euro is preferred, other currencies are also accepted. 67 In Euro countries a bank transfer is preferred, this has lower 68 costs. 69 70Other methods See |iccf-donations|. 71 Include "Vim sponsor" or "Vim registration" in the comment of 72 your money transfer. Send me an e-mail that mentions the 73 amount you transferred if you want to vote for features and 74 show others you are a registered Vim user or sponsor. 75 76 77QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS *sponsor-faq* *register-faq* 78 79Why should I give money? 80 81If you do not show your appreciation for Vim then Bram will be less motivated 82to fix bugs and add new features. He will do something else instead. 83 84 85How much money should I send? 86 87That is up to you. The more you give, the more children will be helped. 88An indication for individuals that use Vim at home: 10 Euro per year. For 89professional use: 30 Euro per year per person. Send at least 10 euro to be 90able to vote for features. 91 92 93What do I get in return? 94 95Each registered Vim user and sponsor who donates at least 10 euro will be able 96to vote for new features. These votes will give priority to the work on Vim. 97The votes are valid for two years. The more money you send the more your 98votes count |votes-counted|. 99 100If you send 100 Euro or more in total you will be mentioned on the "Vim hall 101of honour" page on the Vim web site. But only if you enable this on your 102account page. You can also select whether the amount will be visible. 103 104 105How do I become a Vim sponsor or registered Vim user? 106 107Send money, as explained above |send-money| and include your e-mail address. 108When the money has been received you will receive a unique registration key. 109This key can be used on the Vim website to activate voting on your Vim 110account. You will then get an extra page where you can vote for features and 111choose whether others will be able to see that you donated. There is a link 112to this page on your "My Account" page. 113 114 115What is the difference between sponsoring and registering? 116 117It has a different name. Use the term "registration" if your boss doesn't 118like "sponsoring" or "donation". The benefits are the same. 119 120 121How can I send money? 122 123See |send-money|. Check the web site for the most recent information: 124http://www.vim.org/sponsor/ 125 126 127Why don't you use the SourceForge donation system? 128 129SourceForge takes 5% of the donations for themselves. If you want to support 130SourceForge you can send money to them directly. 131 132 133I cannot afford to send money, may I still use Vim? 134 135Yes. 136 137 138I did not register Vim, can I use all available features? 139 140Yes. 141 142 143I noticed a bug, do I need to register before I can report it? 144 145No, suggestions for improving Vim can always be given. For improvements use 146the developer |maillist|, for reporting bugs see |bugs|. 147 148 149How are my votes counted? *votes-counted* 150 151You may vote when you send 10 euro or more. You can enter up to ten votes. 152You can select the same item several times to give it more points. You can 153also enter three counter votes, these count as negative points. 154 155When you send 30 euro or more the points are doubled. Above 100 euro they 156count four times, above 300 euro they count six times, above 1000 euro ten 157times. 158 159 160Can I change my votes? 161 162You can change your votes any time you like, up to two years after you 163sent money. The points will be counted right away. 164 165 166Can I add an item to vote on? 167 168Not directly. You can suggest items to vote on to Bram. He will consider 169fitting your item into the list. 170 171 172How about Charityware? 173 174Currently the Vim donations go to |uganda| anyway. Thus it doesn't matter if 175you sponsor Vim or ICCF. Except that Vim sponsoring will allow you to vote 176for features. 177 178 179I donated $$$, now please add feature XYZ! 180 181There is no direct relation between your donation and the work Bram does. 182Otherwise you would be paying for work and we would have to pay tax over the 183donation. If you want to hire Bram for specific work, contact him directly, 184don't use the donation system. 185 186 187Are the donations tax deductible? 188 189That depends on your country. The donations to help the children in |Uganda| 190are tax deductible in Holland, Germany, Canada and in the USA. See the ICCF 191website http://iccf-holland.org/donate.html. You must send an e-mail to Bram 192to let him know that the donation is done because of the use of Vim. 193 194 195Can you send me a bill? 196 197No, because there is no relation between the money you send and the work that 198is done. But a receipt is possible. 199 200 201 202 vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: 203