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SourceForge Donation System for Projects

Posted by michael on from the buddy-can-you-spare-a-quarter dept.

comforteagle writes "O'Reilly Developer News is reporting that SourceForge has begun a donations program for hosted projects in addition to the program which was for supporting the site. Apparently project admins have to opt-in to have the program setup for them, but it sounds like a pretty good idea. There's a 5% transaction fee, but that doesn't sound totally unreasonable. Perhaps a limit would be a good idea though." Sourceforge and Slashdot are both owned by VA Software Corp.

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  1. Sounds like... by ghettoboy22 · · Score: 2, Troll

    Good idea, but how many people will actually donate? Sounds more like shareware and not the "traditional" open-source we've come to love and appreciate. I can think of a few projects I wouldn't mind donating to, but that's the key word. A couple.

  2. Re:So...... by MoonFog · · Score: 0, Troll

    From the article:
    Today we are launching a system that allows users to not only donate to SF.NET, but also to their favorite projects.
    If they feel your "sit on my ass project" is worth their money, sure.