Re: [libreplanet-discuss] appreciation payment protocol

[Miles Fidelman]

John Sullivan wrote:
> andrew@lewman.com writes:
>
> > On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:19:39 +0100
> > Ramana Kumar <ramana.kumar@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > TipTheWeb (http://tiptheweb.org/) looks like a promising Flattr
> > And their terms of service are better than the crazy anti-customer
> > flattr terms.
> We've discussed providing this service at the FSF for free software
> developers, but so far haven't been able to solve the problem of credit
> card transaction fees, which are prohibitive on small transactions.

The model that Ramana posited - one monthly donation, check of multiple 
projects, divide the money at the end of the month - would avoid that 
problem.  Sort of the way that electronic tolls work - one monthly 
deduction from one's bank account, applied as one drives through toll 
booths.

And, the fees on one monthly transaction could be reduced further by 
going through the ACH (automated clearing house) for bank account 
deductions, instead of using credit cards.

I expect a lot of us would sign up to have say $20/month auto-deducted 
from our bank accounts, for later application to projects.

Miles Fidelman

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