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Affero's Hack-a-Thon

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the making-the-money dept.

Henri Poole writes "I've got friends who ride their bikes for a week and get me and others to donate $100 to their cause. Spending more time on lists then roads, we've set up an analogous service for Free Software and Open Source projects. Substitute the physical sweat with a good hack, and you'll see the match. After you save your next newbie from tech-hell, just ask them to help your cause. In Lessig's blog, he writes "If there's one thing I've learned from watching, and tinkering, in this web-log space, it is that the many tiny brushstrokes of thousands paints more and more powerfully than the blast of even the most important and powerful papers...As I indicate on my Affero page, I count FSF and EFF as the two key players to support." And if you don't think you can make a difference, do this math: A $1 donation to the FSF for every user of GNU/Linux would increase their budget by 30 fold."

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  1. Re:Advertising by zapfie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, I didn't know Slashdot was in the business of giving away free advertising... Good to know!

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  2. wow... by c0dedude · · Score: 5, Funny

    and I thought MY posts were really confusing...

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  3. Really? by nihilogos · · Score: 5, Funny

    I ride my bike every day, and you're telling me I can get money for it?

    I am wary of handing my bank details out over the internet, so if you are genuine please contact Mr.Abiola Williams at the Bank of Nigeria. He has all my account numbers.

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