Seems there has still not been much progress on this front, but i've bumped the discussion about it on Identi.ca http://identi.ca/conversation/34663785
This is something i've found which may be useful (or not): http://contingencymarket.com/index.php?title=Introduction Mayhaps we should start a Kickstarter project to make a free software Kickstarter alternative [= On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 09:37, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > Danny, > > This is a brilliant idea. > > You're right that changing this to public expectation is essential -- > and doable. > Right now a lot of websites support themselves in part through a cut > of the support given to artists through their sites, so it's important > to think about what that means... something like sending a share of > donation proceeds to the online label-equivalent. > > Mozilla Drumbeat might be a great group to engage here. > > SJ > > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Danny Piccirillo > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been thinking about this idea for a while, and since a related > question > > has been posted for Reddit's upcoming interview with Richard Stallman, i > > thought i'd finally make a post. The idea is basically to create a fully > > featured funding platform so that sites like Jamendo.com don't have to > > duplicate efforts enabling people to support works they appreciate. > Please > > let me know what you think > > > > > http://blog.thesilentnumber.me/2010/06/free-culture-projects-need-ubiquitous.html > > (http://www.reddit.com/tb/cbaul) > > The free culture movement, which is of a whole with the free software > > movement, has made a lot of great progress but is still struggling to > prove > > itself to be economically viable in the mainstream. I might even go so > far > > as to say that a lack of a better funding system is the single biggest > thing > > holding back many existing and many more prospective free culture > projects. > > Imagine if Add/Remove Applications and the Ubuntu Software Center > prompted > > downloaders with a "Donate" button that enabled users to easily support > > projects. Imagine if last— ahem— libre.fm displayed the same button for > > artists. Imagine if the idea of giving in order to support the production > of > > work you appreciate went from public appeal to the public's expectation. > > > > Currently the Software Freedom Conservancy exists as a fiscal sponsor for > > free software projects which "provides member projects with free > financial > > and administrative services, but does not involve itself with > technological > > and artistic decisions." In short, member projects get the protections of > a > > corporate entity without actually having to form and maintain one. > >> > >> By joining the Conservancy, member FOSS projects obtain the benefits of > a > >> formal legal structure while keeping themselves focused on software > >> development. These benefits include, most notably, the ability to > collect > >> earmarked project donations and protection from personal liability for > the > >> developers of the project. Another benefit of joining the Conservancy is > >> that projects can use it to hold assets, which are managed by the > >> Conservancy on behalf of and at the direction of the project. The > >> Conservancy is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, so member projects > can > >> receive tax-deductible donations to the extent allowed by law. > > > > The grander vision that is needed for free culture would require the > > infrastructure to scale plus provide more features. The primary > motivation > > for this system would be more broad: to support free culture by providing > > free financial and administrative services to projects. This > > pay-what-you-want app store of sorts would differ from what the Software > > Freedom Conservancy offers in two ways. > > > > Firstly, it would not be exclusive to software, but any free cultural > works. > > It might even make sense to welcome non free culture projects to join, > but > > perhaps only provide full benefits to verified free culture projects. For > > example, donations to non free culture projects may not be tax > deductible, > > and/or a 10% fee on donations could apply to donations towards unverified > > projects while verified and approved free culture projects receive the > full > > benefits of the program for free. Then again, an approval system might be > > hard to scale, and this being a funding system project, it could of > course > > be used to fund itself. > > > > Secondly, and this is the ambitious part, the platform would need to make > > the process streamlined so that any project could join. It should be > > developed as a free and, if possible, federated service. This service > should > > allow projects to collect donations through a variety of means. Projects > > should be able to display buttons or widgets on their own website, and it > > should be possible, as mentioned at the beginning of this post, for > desktop > > applications like Add/Remove Applications and the Ubuntu Software Center > to > > display "donate" buttons. Beyond basic one-time donation functionality, > > support could also be added for fundraising campaigns with a set goal > (think > > Kickstarter) and repeating contributions for subscriptions. > > > > If such a system were in place which provided programmers, writers, and > > artists a platform to easily accept donations directly from their > followers, > > free culture projects will be able to expand and prove viable on a much, > > much larger scale. So, who do you think has the resources for such a > > project? Which organizations would be interested in contributing? > > > > -- > > .danny > > > > ☮♥Ⓐ - http://www.google.com/profiles/danny.piccirillo > > Every (in)decision matters. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > -- > Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- .sarvōdaya [𝄽#] The Silent Number http://thesilentnumber.me/ ☮♥Ⓐ
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