RealWorld Paint license

You MAY use RealWorld Paint free of charge for any commercial and non-commercial purpose.

You may NOT do evil things with RealWorld Paint. Evil things include, but are not limited to: promotion of racism, software patents, extreme religion or totalitarian organizations, cyberbullying, or spamming.

Questions about donations

It is free. Why should I pay?
Software is never complete. It is either constantly evolving or it becomes obsolete in a few years. If you like the philosophy RealWorld Paint embodies, please consider expressing your support.

How much money is needed?
More money equals more time spent on improving the application. There are so many ideas waiting to become reality. If the montly income reached hundreds of dollars I would be able to outsource some activities not directly related to software development (web management, help creation, press relations, testing, etc.). With thousands of dollars monthly, there would be room to hire another full-time programmer.

Why not stop the development and save money?
The software environment is in constant change, there are new hardware devices, new Widnows versions, new input methods, new software concepts appearing every day. While RWPaint may appear modern today, it would fall behind quickly if development stopped. In a few years you would have to switch to a different application and re-learn all that you already learned to do with RWP.

Why don't you pursue alternative income sources?
Because I do not think it is a good idea to get a bit of money and in exchange lower the user experience. RealWorld Paint will never offer you to install yet another useless browser toolbar. There are also no large direct sponsors, because RWPaint is not "important" enough for the relevant interest groups.

Why is RealWorld Paint not open-source?
There are risks associated with the open source model and there already is an open source graphic editor. Currently, its closed source gives RealWorld Paint a bit of an edge. If RealWorld Paint's popularity and the monthly donations rise to a level when it is safe to publish all the work without fear of being copied and forgotten, it will become open source.

Will RealWorld Paint remain free forever?
Forever is a long time. I am certainly not planning to make a paid version in the near future. The goal is quite the opposite: raising enough money through donations and making it a self-sustained software project. Any any case, no current user will be left behind.

How to donate

Currently, the only way to donate is using PayPal:

Currency: USD EUR CZK

Feel free to leave a comment about your donation below. Thanks in advance!

Monthly donations

Recent comments

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Vlasta site administrator on May 11th 2009

Someone already translated it to Canadian French... maybe that will be OK for you.

ruudboek registered user on May 12th 2009

I donated 12 euro's. Keep up the good work with RealWorld Paint.COM and i hope you guys keep it free. The world needs a good picture/image editor

Wonderful application, incredibly fast!, layer support, photoshop plugin support, lots of great features, what more can you wish for, clearly top quality software.

Anonymous on October 10th 2009

Quero fazer uma doçao, voces estao de parabens, so que nao tevho cartao de credito, e moro no Brasil, como faço?meu email é moorisomaria@hotmail.com,aguardo retorno.
obrigado

sixλxis forum moderator on December 13th 2009

you guys need $3500!? wow. if i were to donate i would be using CAD

Anonymous on July 8th 2011

Left a small donation for reizer.
Thanks!
jim@...

Anonymous on December 6th 2011

The English on this site is terrible, Signed comments have carry more weight! Don't be a stranger - log-in or register. It only takes few seconds.

get rid of the have?!

RWPaint has consumed more more than one year of full time software development (~ 100 000 USD).

Double More?!

update some of these please.

Vlasta site administrator on December 6th 2011

Thanks, fixed the comments one and rewrote the text on this page. It was long overdue.

Ahrim registered user on April 27th 2012

Hello, there's a typo there..

"WIDNOWS"

find it.

Anonymous on August 10th 2012

Great program. I'm happy to support it.

Anonymous on May 22nd

Thanks for the great software,left a small donation in support.RAB2BAR

Anonymous

Signed comments carry more weight! Don't be a stranger - log-in or register. It only takes few seconds.