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Well, Liberapay is for donations only, hence it is not a true alternative to Patreon and such. Also, you still have to pay the processing fees which, they say, should be below 5% on average. Nonetheless, it is pretty well-made and needed, especially since they care about internationalization.
I don't see any reason why Liberapay couldn't deploy a recurring donation system like Patreon's.
I love liberapay but everytime I go there I see that developing floss is not a viable career path even for the best of the best. Weekly income is no more than 100€, that's what like an hourly rate of top end freelance developer (which really a lot of these guys are). Projects like this are a very bittersweet victory for floss comunity. One step at a time I guess.
This seems really great, I was thinking of doing something like this recently as well, although I was thinking more along lines of: - I have a set amount of money I wish to give each month (say £200) - Given I have setup x amount of people I wish to donate to, the system will automatically spread my money evenly amongst the creators, or using a given weighting provided - I'll be able to add any new creators to this l…
More important than the 0% commission is how open this platform will actually be, or will it also engage in politics and police certain speech as they see fit?
Hopefully they will police hate speech and other forms of speech which are rightly illegal due to their inherent intention to infringe on other people’s rights, yes. You can use a hateful platform like Hatreon if you wish to spread those views. Because your freedom of speech isn’t being trampled on, it’s just that civilized people don’t want you junking up their property.
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I hate to be the blockchain guy, but this sounds like something you could look at Ethereum or similar to provide. I'd consider using crypto if this use case existed.
This is exactly what the Basic Attention Token, linked to the Brave browser is supposed to do. You can even spread the donations based on the time spent on each website/videos. You should check it out.
This doesn't make a difference for most projects, but it is something to consider -- though Liberapay has always required a lump sum deposit into their accounts for recurring payments so I guess this is a safer setup.
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Well, Liberapay is for donations only, hence it is not a true alternative to Patreon and such. Also, you still have to pay the processing fees which, they say, should be below 5% on average. Nonetheless, it is pretty well-made and needed, especially since they care about internationalization.
I don't see any reason why Liberapay couldn't deploy a recurring donation system like Patreon's.
"What are the differences between Liberapay and other recurrent crowdfunding platforms like Patreon?
1. Liberapay is only for donations, meaning that transactions must not be linked to a contract nor a promise of recompense."
Are donations made with Liberapay tax deductible for companies or individuals (at least in the EU?)
Probably only in France
Now, if you use Librapay to give to an association or an NGO that has the status, nothing prevent them from giving you the tax deduction proof that you are going to need to show the tax office.
> Liberapay takes 0%.
> We are a European non-profit and open source.
> We are funded by donations.
Now it's "just a recurrent donations platform".
I love liberapay but everytime I go there I see that developing floss is not a viable career path even for the best of the best. Weekly income is no more than 100€, that's what like an hourly rate of top end freelance developer (which really a lot of these guys are). Projects like this are a very bittersweet victory for floss comunity. One step at a time I guess.
You do realize that's per donor and a recurring payment.