Comments on: Source code pledge drive

By: PJ Hyett

PJ Hyett — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:18:36 +0000

GitHub also includes Pledgie integration, so you can accept donations through Paypal simply for any of your repositories.

By: Matthieu Cormier

Matthieu Cormier — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:57:21 +0000

Why don’t you move the code to gitHub or google code to help remove the bandwidth costs?

By: Fazal Majid

Fazal Majid — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:05:32 +0000

Consider linking to your Amazon wishlist. At my previous company, company policy did not allow me to make a voluntary contribution for open-source code, but it did allow me to buy the coder’s entire wishlist on our Amazon account…

By: John S. Eddie

John S. Eddie — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:34:34 +0000

I think it is only just that people who use your source code in their products donate a little something (every little bit helps) to help you keep providing the source as a free service to the community. Keep up the great work Matt.

By: Leon

Leon — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:29:51 +0000

Happy to contribute to great code but I do have a question. If the cost of hosting the code is going up why not simply open source it at a host like github that will make it simple for folks to follow the versions of the code base and doesn’t cost you a dime? Either way, just curious and thanks!

By: Josh Holat

Josh Holat — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:13:05 +0000

I’ve transfered funds from my bank account to PayPal and am waiting on that. I’ll gladly make a donation once that’s done, your code and blog are among the best and most helpful. Thanks for taking the time to share it!