Hi Hakimi, Hakimi Abdul Jabar <hakimibinabduljabar1...@gmail.com> writes: > *take money for Freenet work.* > > I thought we all agreed umpteen years ago for our work on Freenet to be pro > bono like - as in free & voluntary? > > It was Freenet that raised the bar on Free & Voluntariness. Hence, > commercializing our efforts on the Freenet dev & platform sounds pretty > contradictory to Ian's original idea & our consensus umpteen years ago.
For most of the lifetime of the Freenet project, Freenet had paid developers. Most of the time one paid developer: toad. And this has been the consensus for more than a decade. So no, we’re not limiting Freenet contributions to those with enough priviledge that they can afford to work without pay, and we did not do so in the past. Also working for pay need not be in conflict with free & voluntary. The money we have is from donations, and not spending that "to assist in developing and disseminating technological solutions to further the open and democratic distribution of information over the Internet or its successor electronic communication networks or organizations … to guarantee consenting individuals the free, unmediated, and unimpeded reception and impartation of all intellectual, scientific, literary, social, artistic, creative, human rights, and cultural expressions, opinions and ideas without interference or limitation by or service to state, private, or special interests … [and] to educate the world community and be an advocate of these purposes." goes against the mission of the Freenet Project non-profit. See our donation page: https://freenetproject.org/pages/donate.html Best wishes, Arne
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