Matthias Clasen píše v Čt 12. 05. 2016 v 09:39 -0400: > On Thu, 2016-05-12 at 14:16 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm the upstream GNOME Software maintainer, but I'm emailing now as > > a > > Fedora package maintainer. Upstream gnome-software is soon to add > > support for paid software, driven by Canonical for the snappy work > > they are doing. One upside for us is that it now makes it possible > > to > > provide a way for end users to donate to specific projects, and > > after > > talking to Peter Robinson he suggested I should email here for > > advice. > > > > The options we have are basically: > > > > * Disable all support for paid applications and donations from the > > UI > > completely > > * Enable the "Donate" button that takes you to the upstream- > > defined > > donation link (e.g. GIMP -> https://www.gimp.org/donating/) > > * Hijack the donate button to take people to > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Contribute or something more > > beautiful > > > > We could also enable/disable the button depending on the non- > > freeness > > or 3rd-party-ness of the application, but then my worry would be > > that > > would actually _dissuade_ otherwise free software projects from > > being > > shipped by Fedora as the revenue stream would be stopped when they > > move from a COPR to core. > > > > I'm not sure what the Fedora requirements are here, and I wanted > > some > > advice from the Council about what is acceptable. Thanks! > > I'm not on the council, but I'll add my own opinion anyway: > > I don't think the last option is a great idea; it may lead to > confusion > for users ('I wanted to donate to the Gimp and you tried to made me > give money to Fedora instead') and resentment among upstreams > ('You're > using my work to collect money for your project'). I agree with Matthias. The donations should go directly to upstream projects, otherwise it will stir up controversy. Remember Canonical vs Banshee. Jiri
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