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That could be an interesting project for someone. I suspect the hardest bit would be how you determine which projects are most important or most deserving of do
by takluyver 12y ago
That could be an interesting project for someone. I suspect the hardest bit would be how you determine which projects are most important or most deserving of donations. As soon as money is involved, people will try to game it and spam it.
- gglon 12y agoI think the simplest method would be to consider total amount of donated money.
- takluyver 12y agoAs in projects that are attracting lots of donations are probably important? Or as in projects that aren't getting many donations probably need more?
- logn 12y agoI think the package managers should add links to donate to projects. So I open up Synaptic to install GPG and in the description see that I can donate and they're only at 25% of their funding goal. Another key would be to add a real commercial justification to pay for projects instead of just donating. Often for tax and regulatory purposes businesses can't just spend money on fun, frivolous things unless they want to make a mess of their accounting. Maybe something like for each $50 you spend you get to ask one question on a mailing list or message board.