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GUADEC: New funding models for open source softwareGUADEC: New funding models for open source softwarePosted Aug 16, 2012 5:46 UTC (Thu) by ian00 (subscriber, #55476)Parent article: GUADEC: New funding models for open source software
I've always felt baffled that Free Software has been so bad about this issue. I think there are so many millions of dollars that would be happily donated and would be put to great use. I can just think of so many ways the current situation could be so much better.
Idea: A distribution adds a payment system that would allow easy donations, to individual non-profits, or the distro itself, or a mix. Throw in something to the distro installation ui, the package manager ui which connects non-profits to the packages they work on. Allow people to opt-out, or opt-in to everything.
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GUADEC: New funding models for open source software Posted Aug 16, 2012 5:53 UTC (Thu) by ian00 (subscriber, #55476) [Link]
My mom donates money to public radio simply because she listens to it in the car, and they ask. She is not technical at all, but she uses free software, and she would donate to it, but she has literally no idea that donations exist, much less an idea of how, to who, when, how much, etc.
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