I still feel like you are talking about one “ideal” scenario, but all your examples fall short of it. I’d really have a hard time to see anyone working on any of the projects from the FSF that is “worthy of envy”.
That is because the problem is not solved yet.
Again “We have to solve the money problem!”
That means it is nowhere near being solved. It will be solved when FSF staff ( from donations ) will have a life worthy of envy. And any fediverse admin too. And any libre software developer too.
Right, so the problem is not solved and you are talking about “solutions” that have been tried before and do not work.
You know that quote about “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”? This is what is happening here.
Expecting to fund commons infrastructure through donation do not work in the long run. It’s that simple. You can try to come up with all sorts of flashy gimmicks to make the issue more visible,.but the issue will continue to exist.
If there is a new gimmick there is, by definition, a change of some kind. Which means maybe all we need to do is tweak a few very easy to tweak parameters and that will unclog the flow of money. I don’t know if that is what going to help. But not just try and see what happens?
I still feel like you are talking about one “ideal” scenario, but all your examples fall short of it. I’d really have a hard time to see anyone working on any of the projects from the FSF that is “worthy of envy”.
That is because the problem is not solved yet. Again “We have to solve the money problem!”
That means it is nowhere near being solved. It will be solved when FSF staff ( from donations ) will have a life worthy of envy. And any fediverse admin too. And any libre software developer too.
Right, so the problem is not solved and you are talking about “solutions” that have been tried before and do not work.
You know that quote about “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”? This is what is happening here.
Expecting to fund commons infrastructure through donation do not work in the long run. It’s that simple. You can try to come up with all sorts of flashy gimmicks to make the issue more visible,.but the issue will continue to exist.
If there is a new gimmick there is, by definition, a change of some kind. Which means maybe all we need to do is tweak a few very easy to tweak parameters and that will unclog the flow of money. I don’t know if that is what going to help. But not just try and see what happens?