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Crowdfunding Open Source Software Enhancements and Bug Fixes

Posted by Soulskill on from the preemptive-tip-jar dept.

flok writes "It's nice when your open source pet project is popular, but sometimes the constant stream of feature requests can be intimidating. The CatInCan website aims to help prioritize a project owner's efforts while letting them make some money on the side. Think of it as a Kickstarter-variant where people can raise funds to get functionality in software realized, or maybe to get that long-ignored bug fixed."

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  1. Other similar ventures by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    * http://wayback.archive.org/web/20110514070546/http://elveos.org/ the source of which is available at https://github.com/BloatIt/bloatit

    * http://selfstarter.us/

    This catincan business seems nice enough until you notice a Facebook like button on the page. The 0-click variant, no less.