Re: Linking to non-free websites from gnome.org

[Christian Hergert <christian hergert me>]

On 01/03/2015 07:48 AM, Richard Stallman wrote:
> That's because the several crowdfunding sites I had investigated all
> had the same unethical practice of requiring donors to run nonfree
> software.  There was not one that we could use without contradicting
> the principles of the free software movement.  This is a serious
> problem and I've been looking for a solution for more than a year.
>
> Didn't I tell you this at the time?
>
> Since then, I have come across one site, crowdsupply.com, which offers
> a way to send money bypassing the nonfree JS code.  That makes it
> better than the others.  I urge people to choose crowdsupply.com for
> future campaigns.

The problem is that it takes *months* to prepare a proper crowdfunding
campaign. So if you didn't suggest crowdsupply to me back at the
hackfest, it was simply *too late* to be reasonably actionable (despite
that I might agree it would be a good idea).

I hadn't realized others had used indiegogo to crowdfund for your travel
though. Were there lessons learned from that we should know about?

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/richard-stallman-s-air-ticket-to-speak-in-south-africa/x/8947753

-- Christian