I've here at Free Software Day (Boston) and have just completed a panel on the economics of Free Software development. Something which came up and something I want to have a serious discussion about is the implementation of an opportunity to donate screen like libreOffice:
http://donate.libreoffice.org/home/dl/deb-x86_64/4.3.1/en-US/LibreOffice_4.3...
If one clicks on this link, it waits a few seconds and gives you the file. But as well as the file it also offers you an opportunity to donate/contribute to the project.
I'd like to implement this for inkscape.org but it would have to be blessed by the community since other developers are users may have valid concerns which should be taken into account with this format.
Things I'm thinking about:
* Making sure we have suggested amounts * Offering something in return? Maybe offer an ability to buy swag? * What is SFC's position on these kinds of pages? * Have an invitation to contribute other things. Time, bug tracking etc? * Give donators a badge on their website user?
I'm looking for any contribution to this discussion, good or bad. Please let me know what you think.
Best Regards, Martin Owens