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find financial sustainability #7

Open dsernst opened 10 years ago

dsernst commented 10 years ago

Financial goal is to be able to sustain all the ongoing costs.

Particularly at this point this is server fees, which is around $100 a month for the AWS x3.large . Of course there are other expenses that could come in down the road.

One promising option is to solicit recurring "tips" using Gittip: https://www.gittip.com/Letsfix/ . This provides more of a stable & predictable source of income than periodic donations, and can be more widely supported through micropayments to split the burden among sponsors.

dsernst commented 10 years ago

See Bundler, another open-source project, for a successful example of this: https://www.gittip.com/bundler/ & http://bundler.io/

Note they are using the fund to support developers, not simply cover ongoing costs.

Bundler is developed entirely by a team of volunteers. Support their work and help make Bundler better for everyone.

dsernst commented 10 years ago

Gittip itself is also funded this way: https://www.gittip.com/Gittip/

And they clearly document all their ongoing costs: http://building.gittip.com/appendices/finances (particularly the second page)

dsernst commented 10 years ago

this open-source static website builder has some admirable presentation to address this:

open source community driven docpad docpad github donate link docpad sponsors

dsernst commented 10 years ago

Really like the way the free JS book Eloquent JavaScript presents their backer page: http://eloquentjavascript.net/backers.html

These are the kind souls who have contributed towards making the second edition of Eloquent JavaScript possible.

Logo/Name, Amount, Custom Message

iangilman commented 10 years ago

Agreed. I also love how they included the currency; shows a more global scope.