Kickstarter for Diaspora API?
Theatre-X
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I wanted to do this but, in my stomach, I feel a flaw of some sort hence why I came on here. I thought it'd be neat to do a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to hire some devs to work on an API for d*.
What do you all think?
Jason Robinson Mon 3 Nov 2014 7:50AM
@amosmeeks there is a small team of core community guys working on creating transparency regarding the legal situation, in relation to the FSSN (http://freesoftwaresupport.org/). Hopefully we can have the discussions documented soon - and after that hopefully all discussion can be transparent and in the open.
Jason Robinson Mon 3 Nov 2014 7:51AM
As for kickstarter, personally once we can do things officially, it would be great to launch small crowdfunders for a big feature for example. As long as it's not Kickstarter. Something other, like Indiegogo or something :)
Flaburgan Thu 6 Nov 2014 4:09PM
In my opinion it's easier to use a solution like bountysource : https://www.bountysource.com/teams/diaspora
Rich Fri 7 Nov 2014 9:37AM
+1 @flaburgan
As it is then the developer that gets paid and not Diaspora.
Therefore there are no legal (or moral) issues to contend with.
@theatrex I guess you could crowedsource/crowdfund a "bounty pool" of cash for an API? I'd certainly chip in :)
Flaburgan Fri 7 Nov 2014 9:55AM
Here is the page corresponding to the API: https://www.bountysource.com/issues/295-api-needed
Flaburgan Fri 7 Nov 2014 9:56AM
For your information there is already a pull request but the work is not over: https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/4554
Jason Robinson Fri 7 Nov 2014 11:30AM
As it is then the developer that gets paid and not Diaspora.
"Bountysource charges a 10% fee on all withdrawals from your Bountysource account. This includes any money earned from Bounties, Fundraisers, or Donations."
I'm not saying that is unreasonable, but IMHO I'd rather let contributors get 100% than 90% :)
So +1 for bountysource too. I don't see how these somehow overlap? They are just tools to do funding. It's like saying email OR social media - there is no hard either or choice here.
Jason Robinson Fri 7 Nov 2014 11:42AM
Btw, Bountysource for diaspora* says:
Note: Donations are disabled because this team has no members.
How do you join as a member??
Flaburgan Fri 7 Nov 2014 12:40PM
@jasonrobinson I was going to tell you about that, I need someone who is member of the diaspora* github organization. I'll talk to you on IRC, it will be easier ;)
Amos Meeks · Sun 2 Nov 2014 5:39PM
@florianstaudacher What is the current legal structure? Are those documents available anywhere? I am curious.