The problem with traditional fundraisers is that the rewards don't align well at all with FOSS projects. I ran a fundraiser for a FOSS project and part of the

The problem with traditional fundraisers is that the rewards don't align well at all with FOSS projects. I ran a fundraiser for a FOSS project and part of the reason I feel it was successful was because I put a lot of work into coming up with rewards that were a good fit with the community. The big thing is that most FOSS fundraisers adopt the same perks used by proprietary software. These are typically vanity rewards or early-access. Early access is straight up anti-social when it comes to FOSS. Giving people the ability to steer the project makes a lot more sense. Of course no one has software for that, so I had to make my own. Successful fundraiser: http://igg.me/at/rtlsdr http://igg.me/at/rtlsdr Backend: https://github.com/keenerd/featuritis https://github.com/keenerd/featuritis Old-ish progress report: http://kmkeen.com/igg-report/ http://kmkeen.com/igg-report/