On 02/21/2016 06:31 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: > > BountySource is never going to be a broad solution. There have literally > been *dozens* of completely operating versions of bounty sites tried > over the past 15 years. It is literally the first thing almost everyone > thinks about when they decide they are going to start a new solution to > fund FLO software. It is not a good model, and history has made this > painfully clear. > > Instead of having to do the research yourself, here it is, we did it for > you: > https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/en/status-quo-floss#bounties
Thank you. I've found your research satisfying, and I trust you even more to do a better job than the aforementioned sites. > We not only understand why that doesn't work well, we understand why it > appeals to people and have plans to incorporate the elements that matter > (feedback from patrons to projects about their priorities) without > making the mistakes that bounty sites always do. I suppose feedback would be sufficient if it allows user voting. > If we had $100,000, we could fund all the legal work we need. Instead, > we're doing all we can as volunteers to minimize the costs. I (and I would suppose others) haven't heard about this goal. I really hope the FSF partners with you, so that they can promote your fundraiser on their blogs and hopefully bring in more donations. > Absolutely. And Allison Randall, the OSI president, who is now an > advisor for us is herself an active FSF member and supporter. If you > didn't see it yet, here's our explanation about that whole situation > from our (my) perspective: > > https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/blog/osi-partnership Interesting. I agree with the sentiment, and it might be worth saying that there are other people associated with the OSI that support the free software philosophy (like Bruce Perens). My only real gripe with the "open source" people is not their terminology but rather their insistence on promoting permissive licenses. They do not help our cause at all, and I really hope Snowdrift will attract more copyleft projects because if the only way to get any funding for free software has to be adopting permissive licenses (like it is now, in most cases), free programs can never be practically better than their proprietary competitors, and things like DRM will keep existing.