Editing ReactOS (section)

===Funding campaigns===
On 1 May 2012, a €30,000 funding campaign was started to finance additional development projects.<ref>{{cite news |author=Oliver Diedrich |date=2012-05-03 |title=ReactOS: Spenden gesucht |url=https://www.heise.de/open/meldung/ReactOS-Spenden-gesucht-1567379.html |work=[[Heinz Heise|heise.de]] |language=de}}</ref><ref>[https://www.reactos.org/archives/public/ros-general/2012-May/002810.html A personal appeal from ReactOS Project Coordinator Aleksey Bragin], accessed on 15 April 2013</ref> At the end of the year, approximately 50% of the funding goal was achieved and it was decided to continue the funding campaign without deadlines.<ref>[http://old.reactos.org/de/foundation_donators.html Spenderliste] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234231/http://old.reactos.org/de/foundation_donators.html |date=30 December 2013}} 24 December 2012, accessed on 15 April 2013 (in German)</ref> The money went to ''ReactOS Deutschland [[Registered association (Germany)|e.&nbsp;V.]]''. As the [[tax law]] in Germany for this form of a [[Civil registration|registered]] [[voluntary association]] (''[[Registered association (Germany)|Eingetragener Verein]]'') makes it problematic to pay developers directly;<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403104658/http://reactos.org/january-2013-meeting-minutes |url=http://reactos.org/january-2013-meeting-minutes |archive-date=3 April 2013 |date=2013-02-07 |access-date=2013-06-19 |title=January 2013 Meeting Minutes |quote=Late last year the German foundation learned that the contracts it was issuing for developers might not be compliant with German regulations involving non-profits. Due to this, the German foundation needed to temporarily halt payment to developers and consult with tax attorneys to determine how to proceed in a compliant manner. |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> indirect possibilities like [[stipend]]s were evaluated.