Subject: Re: Funding/Financial support for FreeSoftware
From: Bryce Nesbitt (bryce@obviously.com)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 14:05:33 CST
Just having a PayPal link on the website works for a number of
shareware-like projects (most notably equipment review sites).
-Bryce
Damian Ivereigh wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am investigating the possibilities for funding Free Software such as
> Abiword. I am thinking of setting up a system where many people can
> contribute small amounts of money to support their favorite Free
> Software project. My hope is that this will allow some development work
> to be actually funded. This could be done by linking up with
> SourceForge, GNU or some other trusted body.
>
> I have outlined a draft (very draft) for the proposal here:
> http://www.tpp.org/freesupport/freesupport.html
>
> While there are a bunch of technical and procedural details to be worked
> out, I am interested in your comments as developers of Abiword. Would
> you be interested in having a popup window as part of Abiword (maybe in
> a splash screen) encouraging people to support the work financially and
> giving them a quick and easy way to do it. If that is too obtrusive,
> then maybe just another link under Help. Or a link on the web page.
> How would the money be split among the developers? Would you appoint a
> trusted receiver of the money? How would you go about choosing that
> person?
>
> My next question would be to the users of Abiword, which would ask if
> they would be willing to contribute (and how much - $1, $5, $10?). Would
> this be a monthly contribution?
>
> The key thing to grasp is this is about about giving, not paying for.
> This is not intended to turn Free Software into ShareWare - there is
> nothing demanded or obligatory about this gift.
>
> I am interested in your comments.
>
> Damian
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