Hmm, a few people including Kevin Maney at USA Today seem to have got confused about who made the original Pledge. It was created by a user of PledgeBank, not the team that runs PledgeBank. PledgeBank hosts any pledges which are not themselves illegal, or which incite illegal behaviour.
The little experimental cascading pledge we made yesterday was just that - it was mainly about testing a new feature which we're not quite sure how to present to our users yet. I know OLPCs aren't on general sale, and may well never be, but I'm sure nobody would object to the formation of some hacking clubs if they ever were to be made available for purchase.
I'm part of the team that runs PledgeBank. You might be interested in this experimental Pledge I just put up for people who still want to be involved with OLPC, but on a more realistic and local level.
http://www.pledgebank.com/olpchackers
The Pledge is unique because it uses a new feature that isn't in general circulation on PledgeBank yet, cascading Pledges. These are global pledges which you sign up to locally, making a mini version of each pledge with a group of other people who live near you.
Take a look, even if you don't sign up, and please give us feedback. This is very much an alpha feature, although the pledge is real.
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Hmm, a few people including Kevin Maney at USA Today seem to have got confused about who made the original Pledge. It was created by a user of PledgeBank, not the team that runs PledgeBank. PledgeBank hosts any pledges which are not themselves illegal, or which incite illegal behaviour. The little experimental cascading pledge we made yesterday was just that - it was mainly about testing a new feature which we're not quite sure how to present to our users yet. I know OLPCs aren't on general sale, and may well never be, but I'm sure nobody would object to the formation of some hacking clubs if they ever were to be made available for purchase.
I'm part of the team that runs PledgeBank. You might be interested in this experimental Pledge I just put up for people who still want to be involved with OLPC, but on a more realistic and local level. http://www.pledgebank.com/olpchackers The Pledge is unique because it uses a new feature that isn't in general circulation on PledgeBank yet, cascading Pledges. These are global pledges which you sign up to locally, making a mini version of each pledge with a group of other people who live near you. Take a look, even if you don't sign up, and please give us feedback. This is very much an alpha feature, although the pledge is real.