D fund

[Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d]

Something I've been pondering for some time that could 
materialize a lot faster than the D foundation would be something 
like a kickstarter for me personally.

If I could raise about $15,000 in the short term - a large sum of 
money, I admit - I could take a three month break from my day job 
and focus on D things; likely my own libraries (i'd like to 
finish the minigui and simple game bits especially) as well as 
documentation things, but maybe some bug fixes and perhaps 
phobos/druntime bits too if there's enough demand.

I actually have a bit of an urge to write D documentation and 
tutorials, but that's actually even more time consuming than 
code, and less beneficial to me personally! (i already know the 
stuff i'd be documenting so it doesn't directly benefit me, 
whereas the code is something I can at least use myself)

Three months isn't enough to change the D world, but with the day 
job on hold, it would be enough time to realistically achieve 
some useful, if modest, goals, like finishing some small 
libraries or a tutorial set.



But I'm also hesitant to do it for a few reasons, chief among 
them being that it would take a large sum to actually warrant 
taking time off work... and without time off work, I don't really 
have the time to do this, and secondly that I would prefer to do 
the code my way still.

however, would any of you be interested in that kind of thing?