Support for Open Source projects
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Conclusion
Crowdfunding focuses the attention of many supporters on a project. To create media attention and profit from it, you need a well thought-out campaign that reaches the right target group. This brings success within reach and benefits both parties – developers and users.
Acknowledgements
The author thanks Wolfram Eifler, Werner Heuser, Anna Kress, Michal Bielicki, Dirk Moell, Friederike Hoffmann, Dirk Deimeke, Lars Lingner, and Axel Beckert for their notes, support, and especially critical advice in preparing this article.
Infos
- Crowdfunding: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdfunding
- Joey Hess's site: http://joeyh.name/
- Crowdfunding campaign for Git-annex: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joeyh/git-annex-assistant-like-dropbox-but-with-your-own/
- Fairnopoly: https://www.fairnopoly.de/
- The Neo900 phone: http://neo900.org/
- HackRF: http://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/
- UDOO board: http://www.udoo.org/
- Swiss Geoportal: http://www.geo.admin.ch/internet/geoportal/en/home.html
- OpenLayers 3 Crowdfunding Presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/cedricmoullet/openlayers-3-crowdfunding-foss4g-2013
- Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/
- Indiegogo: http://www.indiegogo.com/
- Inkubato: http://www.inkubato.com/en/
- Betterplace.org: https://www.betterplace.org/en
- Goteo: http://goteo.org/?lang=en
- Bountysource: https://www.bountysource.com/
- Open Intiative: http://funding.openinitiative.com/
- PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/
- Skrill: https://www.skrill.com/en/
- Bitcoin: http://bitcoin.org/en/
- Flattr: http://flattr.com/
- Kachingle: http://www.kachingle.com/
- Skrill WordPress plugin: http://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-skrill/
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