In all honesty though, I think the open source community respects honesty above all else. If you said you were going to spend the money on something, you should probably follow through.
I wouldn't spend the money on advertising to attract new developers: I think that's way too small a target market for the advertising to be at all effective.
I'd either save the money for future contingencies, or spend the money on advertising meant to attract general users of the project. Or I'd pay myself for the time I put in (after checking with the donor to make sure that wouldn't piss them off). Last resort would be a huge party with strippers and coke.
Speaking as an occasional donor, I really don't care what my money gets spent on. My one and only goal when I donate is to encourage the developers to continue working on the project. If that means they all used it for beer money that's fine by me. :)
So my advice would be, spend it on whatever you think will encourage you and the rest of the community to continue developing and let everyone know the how&why.
For a first contribution a few beers seems like a great idea to me. "In celebration of our first contribution and a lot of hard work by all..." etc.
Many large open source projects have setup a foundation that solves most of the problems you ask here.
If you really received such a large donation and need developers, I would actually put that money into hiring a developer. Instead of spending money on advertising, spend money on the product and the current developers so they don't get bored of maintaining it.
An open source project should be successful by merit, not by advertising money.
Many larger open source projects that request donations have incorporated as a non-profit corporation, and the donation goes to the non-profit. A great example is the Apache project.
Often, a single developer-led project will accept donations. Technically, in this case, the developer (in most countries) should treat the "donation" as income. This gives complete freedom to do nearly anything with the money - but usually it should be funneled back into the project in some form.
Normally, I'd recommend using the money to pay developers, pay for infrastructure (like hosting), or potentially even use it for something like stipends for student contributors. The latter is my personal favorite - I enjoy giving money to groups that help fund new development and encourage students to contribute.
However, whatever you choose to do with the money, I believe it is very important to be public about that information. If there is no mention of how the money is spent, I'd expect it to stop coming over time... People are more willing to donate when they know how their contributions will be used.
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披萨和啤酒？
老实说，我认为开源社区尊重诚实高于一切。如果你说你要把钱花在某件事上，你可能应该坚持下去。
Pizza and Beer?
In all honesty though, I think the open source community respects honesty above all else. If you said you were going to spend the money on something, you should probably follow through.
我不会把钱花在广告上来吸引新的开发者：我认为目标市场太小，广告根本不会有效。
我要么把钱存起来以备将来的意外之需，要么把钱花在旨在吸引该项目的一般用户的广告上。或者我会为自己投入的时间付费（在与捐赠者核对以确保这不会惹恼他们之后）。最后的手段是举办一个盛大的派对，有脱衣舞娘和可乐。
I wouldn't spend the money on advertising to attract new developers: I think that's way too small a target market for the advertising to be at all effective.
I'd either save the money for future contingencies, or spend the money on advertising meant to attract general users of the project. Or I'd pay myself for the time I put in (after checking with the donor to make sure that wouldn't piss them off). Last resort would be a huge party with strippers and coke.
作为一个偶尔的捐助者，我真的不在乎我的钱花在什么地方。我捐赠时的唯一目标是鼓励开发人员继续致力于该项目。如果这意味着他们都用它来换啤酒钱，那我没意见。 :)
所以我的建议是，把钱花在你认为会鼓励你和社区其他人继续发展的任何事情上，并让每个人都知道如何和为什么。
对于我来说，第一次贡献一些啤酒似乎是个好主意。 “庆祝我们的第一次贡献和所有人的辛勤工作......”等等。
Speaking as an occasional donor, I really don't care what my money gets spent on. My one and only goal when I donate is to encourage the developers to continue working on the project. If that means they all used it for beer money that's fine by me. :)
So my advice would be, spend it on whatever you think will encourage you and the rest of the community to continue developing and let everyone know the how&why.
For a first contribution a few beers seems like a great idea to me. "In celebration of our first contribution and a lot of hard work by all..." etc.
许多大型开源项目都建立了一个基础来解决您在这里提出的大部分问题。
如果你真的收到这么大的捐款并且需要开发人员，我实际上会把这笔钱用来聘请开发人员。不要把钱花在广告上，而要把钱花在产品和当前的开发人员身上，这样他们就不会厌倦维护它。
开源项目的成功应该靠功绩，而不是靠广告费。
Many large open source projects have setup a foundation that solves most of the problems you ask here.
If you really received such a large donation and need developers, I would actually put that money into hiring a developer. Instead of spending money on advertising, spend money on the product and the current developers so they don't get bored of maintaining it.
An open source project should be successful by merit, not by advertising money.
许多需要捐款的大型开源项目已注册为非营利公司，捐款将捐给非营利组织。一个很好的例子是 Apache 项目。
通常，一个由开发商主导的项目会接受捐赠。从技术上讲，在这种情况下，开发商（在大多数国家）应该将“捐赠”视为收入。这使得人们可以完全自由地用这笔钱做几乎任何事情——但通常应该以某种形式将其重新投入到项目中。
通常情况下，我建议用这笔钱来支付开发人员费用、支付基础设施费用（如托管），甚至可能将其用于学生贡献者的津贴等。后者是我个人最喜欢的——我喜欢向那些帮助资助新发展并鼓励学生做出贡献的团体捐款。
然而，无论你选择用这笔钱做什么，我认为公开这些信息非常重要。如果没有提及这些钱是如何花的，我希望随着时间的推移它会停止……当人们知道他们的捐款将如何使用时，他们会更愿意捐赠。
Many larger open source projects that request donations have incorporated as a non-profit corporation, and the donation goes to the non-profit. A great example is the Apache project.
Often, a single developer-led project will accept donations. Technically, in this case, the developer (in most countries) should treat the "donation" as income. This gives complete freedom to do nearly anything with the money - but usually it should be funneled back into the project in some form.
Normally, I'd recommend using the money to pay developers, pay for infrastructure (like hosting), or potentially even use it for something like stipends for student contributors. The latter is my personal favorite - I enjoy giving money to groups that help fund new development and encourage students to contribute.
However, whatever you choose to do with the money, I believe it is very important to be public about that information. If there is no mention of how the money is spent, I'd expect it to stop coming over time... People are more willing to donate when they know how their contributions will be used.