Hi, On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 7:05 PM, Christian Hergert <christ...@hergert.me> wrote:
> On 01/05/2015 03:44 PM, Magdalen Berns wrote: > > To elaborate on the point about fundraisers a little further: Also > > though I have to wonder whether future fundraisers could maybe be > > handled in the same way as the groupon fundraiser was managed. > > http://www.gnome.org/groupon/ since that did not seem to be too > > controversial at the time. If that sort of thing would mean more work > > but ultimately lower fees, then perhaps GNOME could also take an > > administrative cut off the top for managing the donations on behalf of > > the relevant project developers? It might also be worthwhile for us to > > set up a dedicated wiki page guide explaining what alternative > > fundraising platforms GNOME want projects to use and compile a list of > > links on there and have some recommendations for standard practices. It > > might also be handy for those wishing to fund their projects if we > > compiled and outline the logical steps a project manager and/or project > > developer might take to get set up and seek permission and support with > > launch etc. > > If crowdfunding was a service that the GNOME foundation offered it's > members, I would be in favor of that. However, as it stands today, I > believe this would cause undue burden on the board. > > Additionally, I'm against a policy on external links based on their > JavaScript, full stop. (However, I'm willing to entertain a policy based > on other guidelines). > Speaking for myself, I use Blogger and link to non-free websites on wiki pages (e.g. in the "prior art" section on the gnome-sound-recorder wiki page). I think people should make their own decisions about ethics as long as they are not causing other people harm, and I also don't think establishing policies regulating things like this is a good use of resources. imo. Meg > > -- Christian > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list >
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