On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 3:11 PM Donald Stufft don...@stufft.io <http://mailto:don...@stufft.io> wrote:
> On Jul 23, 2016, at 2:40 PM, Nicholas Chammas <nicholas.cham...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I know a more concrete proposal would have to address a lot of details > (e.g. like how to split contributions across multiple maintainers), and > perhaps there is no way to find the resources to build or maintain such a > thing in the first place. But just for now I’d like to separate essence of > idea from the practical concerns of implementing it. > > > > I’m mulling over the idea in my head, but one other thing we’d need to > figure out is the *legality* of doing this and if it’s something the PSF is > willing to do at all. > Would it simplify things for the PSF if they partnered with someone who took care of moving the money around? The PSF, via PyPI, would bring a large, opt-in user base to their doorstep, and in return the payment provider (e.g. Gratipay, Salt) would cut the PSF some tiny slice of each transaction. I don’t know if this tweak makes the proposal more realistic (again, maybe the margins wouldn’t work for the provider), but at least on first blush I think would help us accomplish the following: - We offer the community a low-friction, standardized way to support projects they care about. - The PSF doesn’t have to handle thorny legal and accounting issues, at least not as bad as they would if they handled the payments directly. - The PSF builds up a funding stream that can support our core infrastructure. Nick
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