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Put my $100 in. Not an active user of clojure at the moment, but a huge fan of the project, and I hope to use it more in future.

• davidw 17y ago
  While that's kind of you, the problem with funding open source this way is that it's a "squeaky wheel gets the grease" system in some ways. Did you shell out 100$ for all the other open source code you use? I say this as a huge open source fan, but one of the things about paying for proprietary software that works is that it helps to solve this problem: it connects the author/s of the software directly with the money they feel is appropriate for their product. If the price is right, they earn money and (hopefully) reinvest some in the product. If the price is wrong or the product crappy, it goes away.
  • davidw 17y ago
    > Did you shell out 100$ for all the other open source code you use? By the way: I don't mean to pick on you, of course, and I think your gesture is a very kind one. I just picked someone at random amongst the donors.
  • prospero 17y ago
    Speaking personally, I didn't donate out of some sense of duty to the abstract concept of open source, I donated because I have a vested interest in seeing Clojure succeed. If it reaches prominence as a language, that has a real, long-term impact on my career satisfaction. There isn't much open source software which fits that description.