[maemo-developers] "Donate $x" button on Packages and/or Downloads

[From: Valerio Valerio]

Hey,

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Sascha Mäkelä <sascha.makela at gmail.com>wrote:

> Yes, I would definitely be in favour of a centralised donation system.
> However, instead of the suggested amount set by the author, why not
> have a general minimum amount (say like €1) accepted per app? Then the
> the user who wants to donate, would select the amount and the app(s).
>

Seems a really good plan, I'm with Sascha here, we can agree in a minimum
and eliminate one of the extra fields.

Best regards,

-- 
Valério Valério

http://www.valeriovalerio.org


>
> Thanks,
>
> Sascha
>
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 13:55, Andrew Flegg <andrew at bleb.org> wrote:
> > BACKGROUND
> > ~~~~~~~~~~
> > A number of articles recently have talked about Ovi Store as the only
> > "real" app store for Maemo; massively overlooking
> > http://maemo.org/downloads/
> >
> > Similarly, as Ovi takes off, it is interesting to think about how
> > micro-payments for ones software could make one a bit of money (100
> > users at $1 each is a nice present); but whilst still having our
> > software as open source. There've been suggestions in the past of a
> > "Donate" button on each project's website, but I suggest we thrash out
> > a scheme - and then implement - a consistent micro-donation system for
> > maemo.org
> >
> >
> > REQUIREMENTS
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >  * User can make quick donations to apps they like.
> >  * There is a suggested amount, set by the author, to indicate
> >    that even small donations are appreciated.
> >  * The button is in a consistent and logical location, with
> >    the easiest place to put it on maemo.org/downloads/ and
> >    probably also maemo.org/packages/.
> >  * Developers can receive donations direct from the users, without
> >    maemo.org taking a cut.
> >
> >
> > SPECIFICATION
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Two new debian/control fields would be introduced:
> >
> >  XB-Maemo-Suggested-Donation - amount, in dollars (or euros) which
> >      would be shown on the button. If not present, no donations
> >      are expected.
> >
> >  XB-Maemo-Donation-Recipient - email address to whom user will
> >      be donating.
> >
> > Downloads and Packages would be updated[1] to show a button at the
> > bottom right of the package description:
> >
> >   "Donate $2" (showing the amount from Maemo-Suggested-Donation)
> >
> > ...with a small "what's this?" link underneath linking to a help page
> > explaining that it's entirely voluntary, maemo.org takes no cut and is
> > a direct donation, using PayPal, between you and the maintainer.
> >
> > Clicking the button will use the PayPal API[2] to redirect the user to
> > a "$PACKAGE donation" page with the amount prefilled and the recipient
> > fixed.
> >
> >
> > NEXT STEPS
> > ~~~~~~~~~~
> > There are Brainstorm and Talk threads on this issue; so the
> > next-steps, as I see it are:
> >
> >  * Link up discussions from elseweb.
> >  * Find a stakeholder (happy for it to be me)
> >  * Come to a consensus on the technical implementation, and get signed
> off
> >    by X-Fade.
> >  * Develop the changes and submit to maemo2midgard.
> >  * Test, deploy & use.
> >
> > Perhaps this is an opportunity to use the project management approach
> > outlined by Stskeeps[3]?
> >
> > Comments, as ever, very welcome.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> > [1]
> https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/?root=maemo2midgard
> > [2]
> https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?&cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/e_howto_html_donation_buttons
> > [3] http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=41092
> >
> > --
> > Andrew Flegg -- mailto:andrew at bleb.org  |  http://www.bleb.org/
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