Re: KickStarter for Debian packages - crowdfunding/donations for development

2013-06-13 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Paul Wise dijo [Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 10:33:58AM +0800]: > (...) > Tying donations to one payment processor doesn't sound like a good idea to me. > > I am very concerned about motivations of Debian project volunteers > being distorted by money so I would suggest only allowing donations to > Debian

Re: KickStarter for Debian packages - crowdfunding/donations for development

2013-06-13 Thread Paul Wise
We already have means of donating to Debian. Making that more accessible is on the todo and probably your work could help out here. http://www.debian.org/donations http://lists.debian.org/debian-www/2013/05/msg00025.html We have a mechanism for maintainers to point folks at upstream donation page

KickStarter for Debian packages - crowdfunding/donations for development

2013-06-13 Thread Manu Sporny
I'd like to add a feature to apt that enables people to donate money or crowdfund a particular project or developer. The inspiration for the project comes from [1]Gittip. I've already contacted the APT project and they directed me here, as they felt it needed to be discussed by the larger Debian c