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Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 21:29:41 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
Am I the only one who thinks crowdfunding should mean open licensed just as much as like public funding?
Get funded by the commons, release to the commons.- Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: likes this.
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Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 22:22:08 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
@finlaydag33k Yeah, it's not the same thing.
But with crowdfunding:
- You're investing into a product, even if you might not get the product in the end (depending on the tiers and if final product becomes a thing or not)
- Typically there's no milestones / checkups in place, which incidentally you have for most grants; Open Licences would allow that check to be actually done.
- Many crowdfunded products ended up closing down, screwing the people later down, specially if there's an online service -
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Aroop Roelofs :verified: (finlaydag33k@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 22:22:09 JST Aroop Roelofs :verified:
@lanodan Assuming that with "public funding" you mean like "government grants" (using tax money), I don't think it should be treated the same per se.
With crowdfunding, you choose what to fund yourself.
You give them money, they return you the promise of thing you fund for.
You could choose to not fund it if you wish to.With a grant, it's chosen by someone else, so the "money source" should be allowed to know what their money is being used on and use it as they see fit, hence an open license.
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Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 22:31:18 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
@finlaydag33k And I'd say that open licences should happen when it isn't exactly your money, crowdfunding being different from donations.