Re: Possibility for prioritization of funding allocation

2019-11-22 Thread Arne Babenhauserheide
Hi Hakimi,

Hakimi Abdul Jabar  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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Re: Possibility for prioritization of funding allocation

2019-11-21 Thread Hakimi Abdul Jabar
Hi Ian, Arne & all the guys & gals,

*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.

Warm regards,
Hakimi


On Thu, 21 Nov 2019, 02:19 Arne Babenhauserheide,  wrote:

> Hi Ian,
>
> That system looks interesting, though from the UX side I think the tasks
> should be more visible — more take center stage.
>
> But while we’re talking about funding: Are you in contact with thesnark?
> He might be able to take money for Freenet work.
>
> Best wishes,
> Arne
>
> Ian Clarke  writes:
>
> > I've been working on a prototype system for democratized resource
> > allocation, it's available at http://mediator.ai/.
> >
> > It's still an early prototype but the important functionality is there.
> > Feedback appreciated.
>
>
> --
> Unpolitisch sein
> heißt politisch sein
> ohne es zu merken
>


Re: Possibility for prioritization of funding allocation

2019-11-20 Thread Arne Babenhauserheide
Hi Ian,

That system looks interesting, though from the UX side I think the tasks
should be more visible — more take center stage.

But while we’re talking about funding: Are you in contact with thesnark?
He might be able to take money for Freenet work.

Best wishes,
Arne

Ian Clarke  writes:

> I've been working on a prototype system for democratized resource
> allocation, it's available at http://mediator.ai/.
>
> It's still an early prototype but the important functionality is there.
> Feedback appreciated.


-- 
Unpolitisch sein
heißt politisch sein
ohne es zu merken


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