On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 07:31:53 +0100 David Picón Álvarez eleuteri@myrealbox.com wrote:
Interesting. The idea is quite similar, except in the difference of using donations or a contract as such. Personally I think it would be great if free software authors could work under contract from users, not depending on their good will for donations. After all they're creating value and, IMO, they deserved to be compensated, if it can only be arranged.
Agreed; that's something I like about FUDS, it goes further down that road and addresses specifically the revenue issue of Free Software developers. That is one of the things which makes me think FUDS and Flouzo and complementary projects, not competing ones.
I've written the proposal and talked it over with a few people, but I don't know what steps I could take to make this crystalize into reality. I think there needs to be enough interest to try to launch something like that, which would require a certain amount of commitment and effort from a few people to make it viable. So, for the time being I am waiting to see if there are people who are interested in making the proposal reality, or not.
Maybe we could setup a meeting (RL or IRC), open to all parties interested in helping/contributing/etc., to see where we stand and what can be done?