[Freegis-list] it is now possible (not mandatory) to pay for the FreeGIS project

[Matt.Wilkie]

> We think it is a good idea to give users the opportunity
> to pay low amount in a simple process for things they value
> - if they wish.
> I added this opportunity to FreeGIS now, see
> http://freegis.org/about-paying.en.html

PayPal is another easy method which I have used a couple of
times. It can work well in situations where the recipient 
doesn't have anything in place already to accept money.

For a voluntary payment model which seems to be working in the 
music genre see http://fairtunes.com/. Incidentally, the 
operators of FairTunes have no problems with non-musicians 
being a recipient of their services -- a few micropayments have
been directed to Linus Torvalds
http://www.fairtunes.com/artistinfo.jsp?caller=url&artist=200095

One of the attractions of the FairTunes implementation is that
payments can be as low as $0.25

Also see http://www.potlatch.net/


-matt

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