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lavaan is free

The lavaan package is free (as in beer) and open-source. We very much plan to keep it that way. But the bus factor of the lavaan project is (currently) one, and the main developer (Yves Rosseel) finds it increasingly more difficult to find time to maintain (let alone further develop) lavaan.

At the same time, the number of lavaan users continues to grow, and lavaan has become 'critical software' in many research domains.

This is not a sustainable situation, and we are looking for ways to hire more staff to support the lavaan project. One avenue is to ask for donations.

Donations

From 1 July 2023 onwards, it is possible to donate money to the lavaan project. The money will go to Ghent University, and will be used exclusively to hire staff (at the post-doc level) that will support the lavaan project.

If you are using lavaan for your project (and you have project money), or if you are using lavaan for your business or organization, we would be very grateful if you would consider a donation. Of course, individual donations are welcome too.

Once we have been succesful in raising enough money to hire additional staff, donators will be eligible for direct support, and custom feature requests.

At the end of the year, we will list all individuals/projects/businesses/organizations that have made a donation (unless they opt out) on this website.

What are the donations for?

Our initial goal is to raise about 120,000 euro (the gross salary of a post-doc in Flanders) to hire a qualified person for 1 full year (hopefully, starting early 2024).

This person will assist the main developer to:

  1. create high-quality documentation for users,
  2. create detailed technical documentation (matching the code), and
  3. create a public cloud-based quality-testing platform to ensure the correctness of the lavaan output (in particular after a new update).
  4. add new features to lavaan

How to make a donation

For the time being, donations can only be made by bank transfer using the following details:

  • Beneficiary: UNIVERSITEIT GENT
  • IBAN: BE26 3900 9658 0329 (remove spaces if necessary)
  • Swift code (BIC): BBRUBEBB
  • Bank reference: FWUGENTPP1226

Please don't forget the bank reference (FWUGENTPP1226), otherwise, the money will go to the University, but not to the lavaan project.

Postal address:

University Fund Ghent University
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25
9000 Ghent
Belgium

VAT number

BE 0248.015.142

More information

For more information about the donation process, tax certificates, etcetera, please contact the friendly people of the University Fund of Ghent University.