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Diaspora: The Future of Free Software Funding?
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| A couple of weeks ago I wrote about
| Diaspora, a free software project to
| create a distributed version of Facebook
| that gives control back to users. Since
| then, of course, Facebook-bashing and
| Diaspora-boosting have become somewhat
| trendy. Indeed, Diaspora has now soared
| past its initial $10,000 fund-raising
| target: at the time of writing, it has
| raised over $170,000, with 15 days to go.
| That's amazing, but what's more
| interesting is the way in which Diaspora
| has done it.
|
| Of course, the sudden interest of
| mainstream media has helped, but beyond
| the arithmetical implications of having
| lots of people looking at your site,
| what's important is how the Diaspora team
| has managed to turn those proverbial
| eyeballs into practical funds.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2964&blogid=14
Guest View: A litmus test for an open-source company
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| Recently a colleague from Apache commented
| to me that there are no such things as
| open-source companies. Instead, he
| identified a few types of companies that
| "make money out of open source":
|
| â via expertise in consultancy
| â hoarding copyright ownership for a
| big sale
| â providing additional value on top of
| open-source products
| â licensing fear, uncertainty and doubt
| (choosing GPL to make users who fear GPL
| pay)
|
| [...]
|
| The second model where GPL is used is to
| protect code and force companies to buy a
| commercial (i.e. non-open-source) license.
| The logic is simple: Most companies don't
| like GPL. The company that owns the
| copyright to a GPL codebase can re-license
| the code under a different license to
| those willing to pay.
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http://www.sdtimes.com/GUEST_VIEW_A_LITMUS_TEST_FOR_AN_OPEN_SOURCE_COMPANY/By_PAUL_FREMANTLE/About_OPENSOURCE/34351
Recent:
Humble update: open source extension (5/11/10)
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| The Humble Indie Bundle experiment has been
| a massive success beyond our craziest
| expectations. So far, in just over 7 days,
| 125,520 generous contributors have put down
| an incredible $1,150,639. Of this,
| contributors chose to allocate 30.91% to
| charity: $355,716 for the Electronic
| Frontier Foundation and Child's Play
| Charity. I have made a page for the full
| breakdown including credit card fees in a
| JSON format here (json).
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http://www.wolfire.com/humble?oss
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