I think this is a good move for Gittip, to get away from the notion that it's a model just meant to support software development. The central idea of Gratipay

I think this is a good move for Gittip, to get away from the notion that it's a model just meant to support software development. The central idea of Gratipay is to support good people doing good work, through recurring donations. That's a model I'd like to see take off, in many fields.