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That's a donation, not a fee, and this isn't a business model, it's a perk for making a donation. If you look at similar projects on sites like Indiegogo and K
by michaelchisari 16y ago
That's a donation, not a fee, and this isn't a business model, it's a perk for making a donation. If you look at similar projects on sites like Indiegogo and Kickstarter, that's how crowd-sourced funding works, with perks provided to people who donate (like t-shirts and servers for the Diaspora funders).
As for "software should be free", the idealists have been qualifying that with "Free as in Speech, Not as in Beer" for as long as I can remember, so we're all fully aware of the material concerns required.
- roel_v 16y agoSeriously, come on. A rose is a rose is a rose. "minimum donation" = fee "perk for making a donation" = services bought "crowd-sourced funding" = a bunch of customers pay for products or services. I mean I'm not being negative here or criticizing you, but let's call things like they are. Why make up fluffy feel-good terms for things for which we already have perfectly viable words? Referencing the Diaspora guys basically reinforces my point re: the inexperienced team - a bunch of kids straight out of college why manage to hype together 200k and then turn out a complete disaster after a couple of months does not a trustworthy example make.