If you want to fundraise for Inkscape, why not kickstarter the next development cycle like Krita does? They've been doing very well lately without pester-boxes in the application.
-C
Hi,
Just an idea how we could promote free software inside Inkscape without 'pestering' people:
We could - add a tutorial named Introduction
- use it to explain what Inkscape is, what FLOSS is, what we expect from our users and what they can expect from us, why FLOSS is something we promote and how people can help, etc. (Martin already has some useful illustrations for this, I think).
- complement this by an explanation about what vector graphics are (in contrast to bitmaps), which is not explained in the Basic tutorial
- if we want to include a donation link, we can put one in, too
This way it won't just be some kind of 'user education' from our side, but people would also have a reason to read it if they're not so much interested in being taught about FLOSS ideals.
At the same time, we'd close the hole many new users fall in, which is not understanding the object/path/node character of vector graphics, and also we'd introduce ourselves and the 'why' of the software.
We could point our users to that document when they first open the program.
I think a lot of people love tutorials, and we could use that to benefit everyone ;)
Maren