Pitivi starts a fundraising campaign
The Pitivi video editor project has started a fundraising campaign that is being hosted and supported by the GNOME project. The goal is €100,000, though a lesser €35,000 goal would be enough to get to a 1.0 release. There are Kickstarter-like levels with different perks given at each (mostly different levels of recognition in the code/interface, rather than "mousepads, pen-drives or other random perks that don't actually raise the quality of the software"). In addition, donors get to vote on Pitivi features, with a number of votes proportional to their donation. "In the Pitivi project, we believe in allowing everyone on the planet to express themselves through filmmaking, with tools that they can own and improve.

But it goes further than just transcoding videos of dogs on skateboards: what we want to build is a flexible, high-end video editing application that can be used by professionals and hobbyists alike. This is what this project is about: build upon our current solid foundations to unleash Pitivi's full potential to satisfy the needs of professionals."