Has anyone ever compared the cost of Network for Good against SPI getting its own credit card processing? I know the percentage fee is higher on Network for Good but they don't charge a monthly fee. If we consistently do enough traffic it might be cheaper to run our own processing.
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > So, after throwing the idea in the bucket I had a deeper look at how > Flattr works (as soon as Raphael provided me with an invite, thanks!). > For me, the main interest, is in offering an alternative way for > donating to Debian (or, more generally, to SPI projects) that might also > help creating a critical mass to support other FOSS projects. > > However, after looking at the details, I realized that ATM Flattr seems > more appropriate to support fire-and-forget type of contents (e.g. blog > posts) than long-running projects like those under the SPI umbrella. I > say that mainly because Flattr users, until I'm missing something, have > to click every month on a specific button to keep on donating to it. I > understand a "subscribe" feature is being planned, but until it's there > I don't think we will get a lot out of it. In fact, I think Raphael can > give us useful feedback on this, e.g. I know you registered dpkg as a > project, it would be interesting to know how much the "click hype" > decreases after the first month(s). > > Another aspect I don't like is "charity", not because I don't like > charity, bur rather because I found it too vague. If SPI decides to join > the initiative, then I believe SPI should decide that its own quote goes > to like-minded FOSS projects, ideally shared to all of them. This is > another desiderata of mine that I don't believe it's currently possible > to obtain. > > Nevertheless, I think it would be useful to discuss some of the other > constraints advanced by Raphael; that way if at some point the above get > solved, we can join. > -- Ean Schuessler, CTO e...@brainfood.com 214-720-0700 x 315 Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com
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