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You're basically just telling me what they're doing, as if description were justification. > It’s an [x] fund, not a [y] fund Yes, that's exactly the problem

You're basically just telling me what they're doing, as if description were justification. > It’s an [x] fund, not a [y] fund Yes, that's exactly the problem I objected to -- not something I need to be told. > Their aim is Their aim is wrong. It would be much better to pay the back wages than pretend it's jubilee just so they can impose strings. But I guess it's hard to resist, when you have the money, to exercise the power. > they can track the impact of the fund This is the only actual point you made, and it's weak. Who cares? They can't objectively judge the social impact of the software regardless, they can only judge whether the technical goals were accomplished. Useless either way when they're choosing to fund the wrong people for the wrong reasons.

Closi 5y ago
> Their aim is wrong. It would be much better to pay the back wages than pretend it's jubilee just so they can impose strings. Well why don't they just give the money to water infrastructure in Africa then? Surely that's a more worthy aim if we get to decide what their aim should be for them? Or their aim could be to help teach coding to the young, that's just as valid. Their aim is to develop new tech, thus asking people to pitch what they would develop if given funding seems like a sensible approach. This is also funded by money the German Government has allocated for R&D, so it has also been budgeted for 'new tech' rather than just rewarding historical contributors through donations. If the prototype foundation aimed to reward historical contributions, their current funding likely wouldn't exist, and if they don't show how they contribute towards R&D then the funding won't exist in the future. Besides, Why is their aim wrong? Should there be no funding for people who want to create new public interest tech?

Closi 5y ago

> Their aim is wrong. It would be much better to pay the back wages than pretend it's jubilee just so they can impose strings. Well why don't they just give the money to water infrastructure in Africa then? Surely that's a more worthy aim if we get to decide what their aim should be for them? Or their aim could be to help teach coding to the young, that's just as valid. Their aim is to develop new tech, thus asking people to pitch what they would develop if given funding seems like a sensible approach. This is also funded by money the German Government has allocated for R&D, so it has also been budgeted for 'new tech' rather than just rewarding historical contributors through donations. If the prototype foundation aimed to reward historical contributions, their current funding likely wouldn't exist, and if they don't show how they contribute towards R&D then the funding won't exist in the future. Besides, Why is their aim wrong? Should there be no funding for people who want to create new public interest tech?