El dom, 21-09-2014 a las 19:04 +0200, Johan Engelen escribió:
On 20-9-2014 22:59, Martin Owens wrote:
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.
Blender folks did something like that too at blender.org
http://www.blender.org/download/ (after you click your desired option, it starts the download but also offers the chance to make a donation).
Ubuntu has that too, but in a more intrusive way.
I think it's fine, as long as the free access to the software isn't hindered by it.
With the right phrasing, it could be an incentive for people to donate.
The key is to make it clear that the download will start anyway (regardless of your donation), but you can choose to "pay what you want" if you decide to donate. Not tricking people into donating thinking that they must pay to get the program (like Ubuntu does, imo), not annoying them or making them feel guilty if they don't choose to get it without donating.
Gez.