Liberapay?

Asked by rugk

I see you are already collecting donations though some platforms for this project.

Maybe you can consider using [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/) to collect donations?
It is clearly a better alternative for free software than PayPal or so, and it is not just a one-time donation.

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rugk (48509946-3) said :
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I see you are already collecting donations though some platforms for this project.

Maybe you can consider using [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/) to collect donations?
It is clearly a better alternative for free software than PayPal or so, and it is not just a one-time donation.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said :
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This question was expired because it remained in the 'Open' state without activity for the last 15 days.

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rugk (48509946-3) said :
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What is this stupid auto-close mechanism? That makes no sense – especially for this question here.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said :
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This question was expired because it remained in the 'Open' state without activity for the last 15 days.

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rugk (48509946-3) said :
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Boah, can you finally answer this question before it expires again?

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Maxime DOYEN (mdoyen) said :
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the expire policy is a choice of the platform, the answer contact receive an email before that, (so it s me), but I don"t read my emails daily on that mailbox so miss it often.

that said, I had a look at this and I am not convinced of doing so, not because the platform is quite or less dedicated to free initiative, but because, unless paypal it is quite unknown. When you want something to work, people must be used to it, and you shoul have an audience without geeting thing to be complicated like creating an account.

So in the case of collecting fund, I did what GIMP and most major free software did and went to paypal (and because you don't need a PP account to donate), maybe I should consider flattr or bitcoin, but again not convinced it worth it.
You know most free software could not survive without other funds sources than donation, this is a system that do not work very well and is not viable in long term.

M.

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