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

[From: Andrew Flegg]

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 13:35, Aldon Hynes <Aldon.Hynes at orient-lodge.com> wrote:
>
> That said, there are lots of issues that such a system would run into, as
> the N900 is distributed in many different countries with many different
> payment systems and for that matter, many different tax laws.  My gut
> feeling is that connecting to existing micropayment systems, particularly,
> perhaps some related to the gaming industry, might be a good way of doing
> this.

Do you know of any global-micropayment systems which have a simple
API? The only one I'm really aware of is PayPal (which is slightly
more macro- than "proper" micropayments). Having a system which allows
you to redirect to a page to "send money to this email address" means
that maemo.org is entirely out-of-the-loop. Meaning, at least, the
community as a whole & maemo.org don't have to worry about the
tax/legal implications (IMHO).

Cheers,

Andrew

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