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Miro Asks Users To "Adopt" Lines of Source

Posted by kdawson on from the pray-you-don't-get-refactored dept.

soDean writes "The FOSS video player / downloader Miro is asking its users to support development by 'adopting' a line of source code for $4 a month. Each adopted line of code comes personalized with a little avatar character that will grow older over the year. PCF, which makes Miro, says they think the project is the first of its kind and they believe it's a chance to 'to have a truly bottom up funding base.'"

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  1. Where's Sally Struthers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "For only $4 a month, you can give this line of source clean electricity and information to process and grow."

    1. Re:Where's Sally Struthers? by TerribleNews · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh, yeah, my parents adopted a line of code in Beliz or Botswanna or something and they kept getting printfs from him ever month and then one day they decided to go visit him in his village and when they got there it turned out he'd been commented out years ago and his parents had been keeping the $4 and writing fake output. True story.

  2. Re:what happens by Chabo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or maybe if someone decides to deprecate your method just to spite you?

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  3. Re:what happens by rolfwind · · Score: 5, Funny

    when your line of code dies?

    It gets buried properly, it gets inserted into the Duke Nukem Forever project.

  4. Re:what happens by CrimsonScythe · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just adopted this little gem:

    }

    I hope they won't port it to Python any day soon, though...

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  5. The Sims by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Now the developers at Miro will spend all their time making sure their emoticons age properly instead of actually coding!

  6. Re:Comments? by AcidDeath · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do I get a discount if I adopt a comment?

    Only if its inaccurate and misleading.
    So yes.

  7. I have been gypped by DarkIye · · Score: 5, Funny

    // This is line #273523

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    To prevent this day from getting worse, I'll just read ERROR as GOOD TH
  8. Whole Function or Class by some_guy_88 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If they let you adopt a whole function or even a whole class, this could be a cool way of not only making money but also minimising bugs.

    People who adopt are likely going to read the code they get so this is a good way to get lots of eyes on the source.

    Just a thought..

  9. Forget adopt a child... by sourICE · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why support a child when I can support i++?

  10. Cheap trick... by Paaskonijn · · Score: 5, Funny

    I get this on the page:

    Hello there! It looks like you are visiting from Europe

    Did you know that there are more Miro users in Europe than in the United States, but more than 99% of our financial support comes from American donations and philanthropies?

    Europe loves open-source, right? Help us make something great!

    Sounds like they're trying to cash in on our hatred for the U.S. :)