On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Shirish Padalkar shirish4you@gmail.comwrote:
Hello All,
Almost we all use FOSS for daily works. I was thinking if we can contribute some money to some Open Source Projects.
Idea is like this-
We can collect monthly contribution (say Rs.100 each) from the people who want to contribute.
Select an Open Source Project of the month.
Make the donation.
I don't think Rs. 100 per month is more challenging for all. Even less (or more ;)) contributions can be accepted.
What are your thought?
No to the idea , individuals and companies make contributions when they find some use of project , what happened to the Bazzar model ? Resources are always limited time , people, money , projects find ways to compete and sustain to keep all three coming in with enough users ( Demand) also in the some way these projects organize themselves and find ways to sustain if they don't they perish .
Projects have a donation button prominently displayed if you feel somebody should be paid you just press the pay button , no need to organize or pool funds.
when projects starts it starts with an itch expecting not be getting paid if somebody is appreciating this work with some money its merrier for the people involved in the project.
-Satya