On 28/06/07, Pádraig Brady <P at draigbrady.com> wrote:
> I don't think donations using paypal are worthwhile really.
> I.E. making money using the shareware model is not sustainable.
Right, but I am not talking about shareware.
Speaking personally as an Open Source developer, if people PayPal me a
donation, I count that as a nice bonus. I certainly would not try to
make a living off of the software that I write for fun; that smacks of
work. ;)
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Cheers,
Josh
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