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[Jeremy Bicha <jeremy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Akshat, I think having a donate button in Software Center (SC) would be a
great thing. However, mixing money and volunteer development is a
complicated matter and it's important that such a proposal get support from
a wide audience of developers and contributors.

I don't believe this is possible for Maverick SC. However, Maverick is
supposed to have one app that is available for purchase instead of for free.
This app will give the Launchpad/SC teams the opportunity to live-test
purchasing functionality so that a future release (perhaps Maverick+1) can
offer more apps for sale. And if that goes well, that would be a good time
for someone to write a "donate" implementation to piggy back off the
built-in infrastructure. So, it's possible but will take time.

Jeremy Bicha

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:32 PM, neuromancer <neuromancer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>  Great idea, I agree.
> Everyday massive micro payment are imho the next big revolution, including
> it on next version of software center it's a win-win process, win for little
> free software project who gain popularity by Ubuntu and Canonical brand and
> a win for Ubuntu who gain more rumors and interest around develop of free
> software application, that is more developer, more application, more user
> and also more money for his products (e.g. u1) or sponsored projects.
>
> I absolute will use it.
>
>
> Il 04/06/2010 16:01, Akshat Jain ha scritto:
>
> Hi!
> I want to know if there are any plans for having a Donate button for free
> software projects in Software Center 3.0 or 4.0?
> If not then it will be great to have one.
>
> Regards
> Akshat
>
>