# LibreTime Development Priorities

**URL:** <https://discourse.libretime.org/t/libretime-development-priorities/51>\
**Category:** Dev Talk\
**Created:** [November 13, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/libretime-development-priorities/51 "2017-11-13T14:22:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![gusaus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.libretime.org/gusaus/32/42_2.png) [@gusaus](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/gusaus)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/libretime-development-priorities/51/10 "2018-08-01T07:47:07Z")

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Quick clarification on some previous points

> [@gusaus](#):
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> Accept the reality LibreTime is unsustainable as an all-volunteer project.

This was more of general view on any large scale, user facing product. Offhand I can’t think of any that are actively developed, documented, and maintained long term as a 100% volunteer project.

For LibreTime, a continuously updated and maintained version of AirTime broadcasters can depend on, seemed to be one of the main motivations for the fork. [LibreTime: A Fork of AirTime due to stalled development - Airtime Development Discussions on Sourcefabric Forum](https://forum.sourcefabric.org/discussion/18302/libretime-a-fork-of-airtime-due-to-stalled-development/p1)

Main reason I was suggesting 3 - 6 was to get some sort of sense for what and who might be needed to achieve those goals.

> [@robbt](#):
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> I think that we should test the water so to speak and without coming up with a grand plan to build a paid development team…

I had to go back and check these comments… I’m certainly not proposing a grand plan to fund a full-time development team. Agreed that’s unrealistic.

> [@robbt](#):
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> …a next step would be to setup a process for taking donations and distributing them to developers who are contributing and can use the funds. OpenCollective could be a way to pursue this. I also have a 501c3 non-profit I am involved in that could help facilitate some of this.

Maybe I should have referenced that Open Collective discussion last. Seems like we agree how it can be used. Especially if we have a pretty good sense of development priorities, needs, and goals.

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