Re:SUSE Donates USD 11,500 to the Perl and Raku Foundation
by giancarlostoro on Thursday August 07, 2025 @12:54PM
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Someone from Perl commented last time that he wants multiple sponsors at 10k a year instead of one big sponsor that drops Perl at 100k then causing the hurdle of having to find a new big fish. 10 grand a year to any org is insignificant enough he might be able to find enough sponsors to carry them over a while.
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Re:SUSE Donates USD 11,500 to the Perl and Raku Foundation
by oalders on Thursday August 07, 2025 @01:05PM
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This is 100% correct. My current strategy is to locate 10-15 sponsors at 10k per year so that we can secure the Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund. Donors can, of course, always commit to more.
I can be reached via [email protected] and also at https://www.linkedin.com/in/olafalders/
For anyone who may have a contact, I'm quite happy to be CCed on introductory emails or I can send you a message that you can forward on to decision makers, if you feel that's a lower pressure scenario. Both of these approaches have worked out for us. There is more than one way to do it.
Re:SUSE Donates USD 11,500 to the Perl and Raku Foundation
by spauldo on Thursday August 07, 2025 @05:34PM
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> There is more than one way to do it.
I see what you did there :)
Re:SUSE Donates USD 11,500 to the Perl and Raku Foundation
by dlachausse on Thursday August 07, 2025 @07:45PM
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Thank you for all you do! A lot of people are quick to dismiss Perl, but it’s still so important and does things that other languages don’t.
Re:SUSE Donates USD 11,500 to the Perl and Raku Foundation
by oalders on Friday August 08, 2025 @10:48AM
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:) Working on the fundraising has been a fun and challenging project. Perl is still quite useful and it's often somewhere in the stack, even if organizations don't openly talk about it. Finding these orgs is part of the fun.