On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 05:22:04PM -0500, Matthew Woehlke wrote: > On 29/01/2020 17.13, Konstantin Shegunov wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 11:55 PM Matthew Woehlke wrote: > >> We need more open-source-meets-kickstarter... > > > > ehm, Patreon? > > Aside from issues with Patreon's reputation, there's a reason I wrote > "kickstarter". I can't think of any instance where I've seen tangible > rewards for supporting *an open source project* via Patreon. Conversely, > Kickstarter offers *specific* rewards of the payee's choice, and often > involves some sort of public "thank you" (which I don't think I've > *ever* seen with Patreon). > > Besides, I was thinking more along the lines of something that could > integrate with other OSS tools (e.g. GitHub). > > I want a "proud sponsors" page. I want to be able to offer bounties for > specific bugs or feature requests. (IOW, read the rest of my previous > message that you didn't quote.)
FWIW I've done both Indiegogo/Kickstarter (i.e. one-time funding) and GitHub Sponsors (recurring funding, perhaps unsurprisingly, integrated with GitHub) with my project: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/qutebrowser-a-keyboard-focused-vim-like-browser#/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/the-compiler/qutebrowser-v10-with-per-domain-settings https://github.com/sponsors/The-Compiler The problem with one-time fundings is that you usually need some tangible new shiny feature to be funded, while - at least in my case - the area needing most work is what's generally necessary but not very appealing to oudsiders (i.e. general maintenance). I offer physical rewards (like stickers/shirts) in return of longer recurring contributions, though some things (e.g. t-shirts) I'll only order once. I'm pretty sure there are other projects with some kind of reward - though not necessary physical things, as those often are one-person projects where the developer might not want the additional work. Here are some more examples with Patreon FWIW: https://reference.kemitchell.com/top-donations-developers.html Florian -- [email protected] (Mail/XMPP) | https://www.qutebrowser.org https://bruhin.software/ | https://github.com/sponsors/The-Compiler/ GPG: 916E B0C8 FD55 A072 | https://the-compiler.org/pubkey.asc I love long mails! | https://email.is-not-s.ms/
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