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Liberation Funds?
Authored by: jjs on Thursday, May 10 2012 @ 08:06 PM EDT
It's one form of funding Open Source works, to include music & movies. If
you're working on a project, you set up a fund and declare you'll release the
music/movie/code when you have $x in funds. People pledge funds, but are not
charged until the target is reached. If the target is not reached, the money is
not charged, and the project is not delivered.

This way the artist is guaranteed money, even with free redistribution.

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(Note IANAL, I don't play one on TV, etc, consult a practicing attorney, etc,
etc)

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Liberation Funds?
Authored by: micheas on Thursday, May 10 2012 @ 10:08 PM EDT

This is more or less what www.kickstarter.comand Spot.us do, except more explicit in what is going on.

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Liberation Funds?
Authored by: Wol on Friday, May 11 2012 @ 08:14 PM EDT
Who's the commercial WINE outfit?

They do a lot of improvement and provide proprietary extensions, but aiui,
pretty much everything is either paid for by third parties and given to WINE, or
has an associated release fee which if it is met then it's handed to WINE
anyway.

Cheers,
Wol

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