
The Edinburgh Fund
About the Edinburgh Fund
This is a fancy name for the small amount of money left over from
the name change settlement with Microsoft, after legal fees, tax,
and labour fees have been deducted.
What the Funds will be Spent On
The fund is divided into the following areas:
- Tools
- Development Tasks
- Publicity and Legal Tasks
All claims must be directly relevant to improving or promoting
wxWidgets.
Example tools: compilers, debugging tools, developer network
subscriptions.
Example development tasks: printing fixes, accessibility, native widget
wrappers. In particular, buying in expertise we don't have.
Example publicity and legal tasks: advertising, logo design, patent checks.
(Though I would be happy to never spend money on lawyers!)
So far, Edinburgh Fund money has been spent in this way:
- The wxWebKit browser control for wxMac.
- A book on Symbian development to help with the wxSymbian port.
- A bounty for fixing a bug in Tex2RTF.
How to Apply
Please send an email to julian@wxwidgets.org,
detailing the expense, and how it will help you help wxWidgets.
If approved, I will transfer funds by PayPal, cheque or
(if necessary) wire transfer. Decisions and payment will
normally be made quickly.
Here are some guidelines when making a claim.
- Funds are very limited, so please consider a partial grant where you pay
perhaps 25% to 50% of the cost. This will help stretch the fund. However,
don't be put off from applying if you really need 100% funding.
- Similarly, if suggesting a piece of development work, consider reducing
your normal rate if possible.
- You may wish to subscribe to Microsoft's MSDN. However, instead of buying
a conventional MSDN subscription, please consider a much cheaper option:
becoming a Certified
Microsoft Partner, which entitles you to a Universal subcription for
a year.
- Claims for books are discouraged unless absolutely necessary, since it's
hard to evaluate their relevance and quality, and most technical
information is available online.
- Try asking companies to donate licenses to reduce pressure on the fund.
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