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Who the hell is "Solomon Peachy"?

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bigpilot:
I just donated to Rockbox via PayPal but it says my gift was donated to "Solomon Peachy".

Is that a nickname or a real name?

gevaerts:
He's the current person in charge of our infrastructure hosting, and to be fair, most development. When around ten years ago rockbox was seriously slowing down with the old guard (myself included) dropping out, he was one of the volunteers stepping in, and I'd say without him the project would probably not be very alive today.

Bilgus:
He's indeed a real person and likely has spent more cash of his own than we've received in donations in at least a few years

Not to mention the time spent :)

Oh, bigpilot
Thanks for the donation too.

iPodVT:
How does one donate hardware?  There seems to be a need for an ipod6g.

speachy:

--- Quote from: bigpilot on April 28, 2025, 03:16:16 AM ---I just donated to Rockbox via PayPal but it says my gift was donated to "Solomon Peachy".
Is that a nickname or a real name?

--- End quote ---

Unfortunately, it's a very real name.

The short version -- There never has been a "Rockobox" legal entity, and given the near-complete lack of assets and cashflow it's not worth the paperwork (and ongoing expense) to create one.  So it goes to my personal paypal acccount.

On the donation front, since I took over administrative duties, on average donations have covered about half of operating expenses (mostly hosting fees), So far in 2025, we're slightly cashflow positive.  I maintain records of every transaction, in or out.

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