Dear Board,
== Background ==
Since quite some time, Krita is available on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/280680/Krita/). They are "selling" Krita there to support the project financially, while clearly stating in the description that everyone can download it for free on their website.
Our developer working group member Vaibhav is looking into setting up something similar for Inkscape. For this, we need a Steamworks account.
Apart from that, we've received a request for revenue sharing from a game developer who's using Inkscape for their in-game graphics. This also requires a Steamworks account.
The onboarding steps for Steamworks are described here: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/gettingstarted/onboarding
In particular, there is paperwork needed (which we need the SFC for), and there is a one-time 100 USD "Direct Fee" for publishing a product on steam for the first time. This fee will be refunded once the product surpasses 1000 USD in revenue. (This is probably intended to avoid spam publications.)
I've briefly brought up the topic with Tracy from the SFC today, and she suggested to go ahead with a vote to encourage a fast processing of the paperwork. ;)
== Vote ==
Sign up for a SteamWorks account and allocate 100 USD for the direct fee. After the paperwork has been done by the SFC, Inkscape will be published on Steam at the discretion of the Developer WG / Release manager.
a) Agree
b) Disagree
c) Other: ____
Best regards
Jonathan