On Wednesday, June 19, 2013 01:38:08 PM Paul Tagliamonte wrote: > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 12:35:36PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > Sorry, I cannot look at this donations proposal but as a deep failure > > waiting to happen. > > While I am warry, I don't think we should mock or block those wishing to > build this system to help aid Debian.
While I agree with not mocking people, I'm not certain that this is a guaranteed net win for the project and that blocking might (I say might) be appropriate. Personally, economic incentives have very little to do with why I work on Debian. Fundamentally, if I was here for the money, Debian couldn't afford me. While I understand the desire to build up the economic system around FOSS so that more people can afford to participate more, but there's also a risk that if participation is monetized, those who aren't here for the money will be demotivated. Scott K
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