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The big issue here is that they still have the same limit on the max they can donate, $24 a week. Which, while fantastic! Isn't enough to move the need in the w
by kingkilr 14y ago
The big issue here is that they still have the same limit on the max they can donate, $24 a week. Which, while fantastic! Isn't enough to move the need in the way the parent poster was discussing.
- jeremyjh 14y agoThe way the site reads to me, the reason they have the limit is specifically to throttle the influence from a single contributor. If that is where they are coming from, I'd expect they would be reluctant to give more such power to companies than to individuals.
- whit537 14y agoHere's the strong statement of the idea: "enable companies to sponsor people" https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/106 https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/106 At some point the question becomes, why not just take a job at a company with a strong "open-source time" clause in your contract?
- whit537 14y agoThe challenge is preserving "no-strings-attached." One idea would be to allow gifts up to 5% of the total or something like that. Ticketed: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/266 https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/266