Aaron Wolf

@nayafia "…we could create ourselves…" is a problematic view as there are already _tons_ of foundations and NGOs of various sorts working already and other initiatives already in the works....

@nayafia I am co-founder of Snowdrift.coop, a cooperative non-profit initiative three years in the making so far, not yet operating, that aims to be a fundraising platform addressing these very...

@lightweight _please_ don't ever refer to "free software" as a synonym for copyleft. Nobody widely uses it that way except when spreading FUD and misunderstanding. The FSF is 100% clear...

@lightweight we agree, and you will appreciate the summary of this that I put together for Snowdrift.coop: https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/en/licenses

@nayafia It's actually much simpler than that. Almost all FLO works are underfunded _except_ the ones that get funding via proprietary interests. The entire situation is that if you look...

Snowdrift.coop's summary of [why plain threshold campaigns are lousy for FLO projects](https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/en/threshold-systems)

@cuducos Snowdrift.coop is a recurring model and @andrewgodwin we at Snowdrift.coop are already working on everything you mention, including the concerns about Patreon emphasizing proprietary special access (see our remarks...

https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/en/existingmechanisms#third-party-ads — general problems https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/en/honor-projects#third-party-advertisements — how to do better or worse if you do this

@ariddell while giving everyone the same access and only doin very minor special things for donors is _far, far_ better than reserving exclusive access to actually valuable things, all large...

@freakboy3742 - "is something you can be paid for" is not a valid reason to disqualify a 501(c)(3). Hospitals can be for-profit and can also be 501(c)(3). - 501(d) is...