Brother, can you spare a dime?

There’s a nice article on Donation Coder today called When Do Users Donate? Experiments with Donationware: Ethical Software, Work Equalization, Temporary Licenses, Collective Bargaining, and Microdonations. The article points out some of the common problems collecting donations and some very valuable do’s and don’ts. For instance: “While you may be tempted to tell your users that if they don’t donate you won’t be able to continue coding, this is probably a very bad idea for a software developer.” Read the report for the reason why! (Note: Link via OS NEWS)

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