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Good for Mozilla, putting their money where their mouth is and setting an example. It would be great if they or someone with sufficient reputation setup a way t

Good for Mozilla, putting their money where their mouth is and setting an example. It would be great if they or someone with sufficient reputation setup a way to make it easy for others to contribute financially to FOSS projects, a central payment clearinghouse. In my for-profit organization, we thought we should contribute to the free / open source projects that we were using and which were helping us make money. We wanted to pay our share. We started by putting together a list, and that's pretty much where it ended. The list was enormous. Try it yourself, and don't forget the components of other products that are FOSS. EDIT: Here's Mozilla's attempt at making such a list, which they label "incomplete": https://wiki.mozilla.org/MOSS/Projects_in_use_by_Mozilla https://wiki.mozilla.org/MOSS/Projects_in_use_by_Mozilla On one hand, it reflects the incredible contribution of FOSS software. On the other there was no way, in a busy workplace, we were going to spend days tracking down all those FOSS developers, finding ways to send them money, and implementing it.

andrewgodwin 11y ago
Yeah, it's a fantastic step and we're very happy they piloted the program. The Django Software Foundation has also hired a part-time fundraiser to try and make the project self-sustaining; we're trying to make the project sustainable as a whole and not just a timesink for those who are lucky enough to have unpaid spare time.
giancarlostoro 11y ago
Maybe something like Humble Bundle where you donate a certain amount and you either pick who you want to get a share of it, or Humble Bundle gives it to everyone involved the best they can. I guess humbloss or something? Then even if your list expands, you just keep adding projects. Of course the service can get a cut for themselves as well. Lots of "GoFundMe" and "KickStarter" services, and even one's based around github and bitcoin, but I wonder where the one's for Open Source groups are? Anyone?

andrewgodwin 11y ago

Yeah, it's a fantastic step and we're very happy they piloted the program. The Django Software Foundation has also hired a part-time fundraiser to try and make the project self-sustaining; we're trying to make the project sustainable as a whole and not just a timesink for those who are lucky enough to have unpaid spare time.

giancarlostoro 11y ago

Maybe something like Humble Bundle where you donate a certain amount and you either pick who you want to get a share of it, or Humble Bundle gives it to everyone involved the best they can. I guess humbloss or something? Then even if your list expands, you just keep adding projects. Of course the service can get a cut for themselves as well. Lots of "GoFundMe" and "KickStarter" services, and even one's based around github and bitcoin, but I wonder where the one's for Open Source groups are? Anyone?